The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress listens to the reports of the forces of order, the name platform “choose one of two” data is familiar_

Original title: The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress listens to the reports of the forces of order and the data of the name platform “choose one” are familiar

According to the Xinhua news agency, on the morning of December 23, the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress held its second plenary meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

It is reported that from September to October of this year, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Assembly carried out inspections of compliance with the implementation of the Unfair Competition Law. At the meeting that day, the Permanent Commission of the National People’s Congress heard a report on the control of the implementation of the Unfair Competition Law.

The report mentioned that with the rapid development of shopping, food delivery, social media, hotel travel, music and other platforms, the market concentration is increasing, and some platforms use inappropriate means to force small and medium-sized enterprises to “choose one of two.” If a merchant sells on multiple platforms, the platform will punish the merchant or go offline, which will cause some merchants to reduce production capacity and lay off employees. There are also some takeout platforms that charge merchants a higher percentage of commissions, making merchants unable to withstand operational pressure to exit the market or reduce product quality and ultimately hurt consumer interests.

The report also pays attention to issues such as that leading companies in the express delivery industry have used low prices to compete and take over the market, which has affected small and medium-sized merchants and couriers, and recently online platforms. on a large scale they have engaged in community group purchases and used subsidies to burn money to “lock up the land.”

In addition, the report noted that in the Internet scenario, old problems are reconditioned and risks are magnified. Some methods of unfair competition have become more complicated and covert. For example, Internet celebrities “go live with products” aid false propaganda, and Moments has become a new channel to sell counterfeits. Professional “The” Navy Army “organizes a rhythm, uses technical means to kill data, defraud clicks, package software, as well as encode letters, erase publications with compensation and touch porcelain with intellectual property rights.

In this regard, the report recommends strengthening the primary responsibility of platform companies, consolidating the legal responsibilities of platform companies, educating and guiding platform companies in the performance of social responsibilities, and strengthening compliance and ethical reviews. Establish standardized and effective industry organizations, sign industry self-discipline agreements, issue self-discipline regulations, and conduct legal education to build self-discipline standards and behavior restraint mechanisms, and build a fair, self-disciplined and healthy competition environment.

At the same time, seriously study and solve the problem of mandatory “one-between-two choice” on the Internet platform, study the characteristics of the platform, specifically strengthen supervision, educate and guide operators who violate regulations and conduct timely interviews; and severely punish mandatory “one-to-two choice” in accordance with the law, which undermines fair competition. , Illegal acts that alter the order of the market. The report also recommends that the judiciary expedite the release of a series of typical cases to provide guidance for cracking down on unfair competition on the Internet, such as forced “choice of two” on platforms.

Furthermore, the report mentioned the need to innovate regulatory methods. Effectively strengthen the forward-looking research and judgment on the development of the network economy, understand the balance between supporting innovation and development and maintaining the order of competition, promote integrated online and offline supervision , make full use of big data and other means to analyze various types of unfair competition behavior and accelerate digital transformation and Data integration improves the level of supervision and law enforcement.

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