China’s market regulator has launched an investigation into Alibaba’s “suspicious monopoly conduct”. The state administration for market regulation has posted a short statement on its website announcing an anti-monopoly investigation. In particular, the regulator seems to have raised the issue with Alibaba’s “choose one of the two” policy. According to TechCrunch, That policy forces merchants to sell exclusively on Alibaba’s platform and prevents them from selling on rival e-codo mercer websites, such as DDcom and Pindudio.
This is just one of the recent steps taken by regulators to curb anti-competitive behavior in local tech companies. Back in November, it introduced new draft laws that would restrict companies’ data collection activities, along with other rules for consumer protection, he says. South China Morning Post On Tuesday, the regulator called on Alibaba, JD.com, Tencent, Matuan, Pindudo and Didi Chuxing to discuss the set of nine rules. The regulator said the tech giants would be “strictly prohibited from selling products below prices for the purpose of” stripping competitors or gaining a monopoly position. “
