State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) Tag

10 Aug China Investigates 18 Coal Enterprises for Price Gouging

發表於 11:39 2022-08-10 作者 Jordy Leo

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has identified 18 coal enterprises for suspected coal price gouging and three trading centers for not adopting government pricing after preliminary investigations, as reported by Sina on August 6. In July, the SAMR sent three investigation teams to...

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03 Aug China Rolls out Centralized Anti-Monopoly Undertaking System 

發表於 15:49 2022-08-03 作者 Jordy Leo

China’s antitrust watchdog State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on August 1 launched the Centralized Anti-Monopoly Undertaking System, an online platform for enterprises to disclose merger and acquisition deals to the regulator and check their approval status, as reported by South China Morning Post on...

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22 Feb China to Carry out Preferential Policies for Service Industries Hit by Epidemic

發表於 16:07 2022-02-22 作者 Jordy Leo

China’s 14 regulatory departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Market Supervision (SAMR), published policies on February 18 to facilitate the recovery of service industries affected by epidemic prevention measures, as reported by South China Morning Post on...

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25 Jan China Transport Ministry Meets with Eight Freight-Delivery and Ride-Hailing Firms

發表於 17:47 2022-01-25 作者 Jordy Leo

China’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) has summoned four freight-delivery platforms over operational irregularities and sent reminders to four ride-hailing firms over driver protection, fair competition, and transportation safety, as reported by Reuters on January 21. The MoT has discussed drivers’ complaints regarding arbitrary pricing rules,...

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08 Jun SAMR Asks Sharing Economy Firms to Standardize Pricing and Competition Practices

發表於 14:19 2021-06-08 作者 Mars Guo

State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) held a regulatory meeting and required eight sharing economy companies engaged in bicycle or mobile power bank sharing to standardize pricing and competition practices, as reported by Caixin on June 3. The companies included Alibaba-backed [BABA:US] bike-sharing platform Hellobike,...

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03 Jun SAMR Fines 15 Private Tutoring Institutions RMB36.5m for False Advertising

發表於 15:10 2021-06-03 作者 Sophia Lin

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) imposed a fine of RMB36.5m (USD5.7m) in total on 15 educational companies across the country, as reported by Xinhuanet on June 1. The 15 institutions include New Oriental [EDU:US], TAL Education’s [TAL:US] Xueersi Online School, Wallstreet English, Alibaba-backed [BABA:US]...

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06 May Tencent May Face RMB10bn Anti-Monopoly Penalties by SAMR

發表於 16:46 2021-05-06 作者 Jingyun Liu

Chinese technology company Tencent [0700:HK] may be the next target of the anti-monopoly campaign initiated by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), as reported by Reuters on April 29. As part of the county’s antitrust clampdown on the domestic internet giants, it is expected...

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29 Apr SAMR Launches Anti-Monopoly Investigation into Meituan

發表於 13:48 2021-04-29 作者 劉寧靜

China’s antitrust watchdog, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), launched an investigation into Tencent-backed [0700:HK] food delivery giant, Meituan [3690:HK], for the internet company’s potential abuse of the market dominance position by forcing vendors into exclusive deals, known as ‘picking one from two’ (POFT), as...

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12 Apr Alibaba Fined RMB18.2bn for Violating Anti-Monopoly Law

發表於 15:23 2021-04-12 作者 Cici Luo

State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on April 10 announced administrative punishments on Alibaba [BABA:US] for the abuse of its dominant market position according to the Anti-Monopoly Law, as reported by Caixin on the same day. SAMR ordered Alibaba to stop its illegal acts and...

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10 Mar MoT Asks Didi to Conduct Rectification for Price Increases

發表於 17:45 2021-03-10 作者 Zoe Zhou

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) held a meeting with ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing on March 5, as reported by Caixin on the same day. Didi recently had adjusted its pricing system in some cities like Chengdu, where the firm raised prices at the passenger side...

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17 Dec Alibaba, Tencent, Hive Box Fined for Monopolistic Practices

發表於 16:29 2020-12-17 作者 Eileen Li

Antitrust regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulations (SAMR), fined Alibaba [BABA:US] Investments, Shenzhen Hive Box Technology, and China Literature [0772:HK], a subsidiary under Tencent [0700:HK], half a million RMB for not gaining certain acquisition or buyout approvals, thus violating anti-monopoly laws, according to Sina...

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03 Dec SAMR, SPB Introduce Green Delivery Packaging Certification System

發表於 14:10 2020-12-03 作者 劉寧靜

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and State Post Bureau (SPB) have recently started implementing a green packaging certification system for China’s express delivery industry, in order to reduce overpackaging and expand the use of green packaging materials in the country, as reported by...

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