The reporter learned today that since May of this year, the General Administration of Market Supervision has carried out a nationwide special operation to break down card blockages that hinder a unified market and fair competition, which has achieved positive results. By further promoting the reform of the local standards management system, 31 provinces were organized to carry out comprehensive clean-up of local standards. By the end of June, more than 7,400 local standards had been abolished; at the same time, more than 15,000 certification rules had been filed and reviewed. Certification rules containing content that hindered fair competition were not filed, and a number of poor quality and inefficient rules were removed. In the first half of the year, local market supervisory authorities conducted fair competition reviews and spot checks uncovered and supervised the abolition and revision of more than 3,500 illegal documents that hinder a unified market and fair competition, and conducted 51 interviews with relevant government departments. In accordance with the law, 45 cases were investigated and 37 cases of abuse of administrative power excluded and restricted competition; special anti-unfair competition enforcement was carried out to strictly investigate illegal acts in key areas such as false publicity, “mutual hacking” and “mutual offense” on the Internet, and commercial slander, and settled a number of typical cases, forming a strong deterrent. In the next step, the General Administration of Market Regulation will step up enforcement efforts to stop abuses of administrative power and eliminate restrictions on competition, focus on key issues that the public and enterprises are concerned about, and concentrate on investigating and handling a number of typical cases affecting the smooth circulation of the economy and hindering the construction of a unified national market. Strictly implement the newly revised “Provisions on Combating the Abuse of Administrative Power to Exclude and Restrict Competition”. Where fair competition reviews are not carried out in accordance with the prescribed procedures and documents containing content excluding restrictions on competition are formulated, cases are opened and investigated in accordance with the law, and rigid restrictions on the review system are strengthened.

The reporter learned today that since May of this year, the General Administration of Market Supervision has carried out a nationwide special operation to break down card blockages that hinder a unified market and fair competition, which has achieved positive results. By further promoting the reform of the local standards management system, 31 provinces were organized to carry out comprehensive clean-up of local standards. By the end of June, more than 7,400 local standards had been abolished; at the same time, more than 15,000 certification rules had been filed and reviewed. Certification rules containing content that hindered fair competition were not filed, and a number of poor quality and inefficient rules were removed. In the first half of the year, local market supervisory authorities conducted fair competition reviews and spot checks uncovered and supervised the abolition and revision of more than 3,500 illegal documents that hinder a unified market and fair competition, and conducted 51 interviews with relevant government departments. In accordance with the law, 45 cases were investigated and 37 cases of abuse of administrative power excluded and restricted competition; special anti-unfair competition enforcement was carried out to strictly investigate illegal acts in key areas such as false publicity, “mutual hacking” and “mutual offense” on the Internet, and commercial slander, and settled a number of typical cases, forming a strong deterrent. In the next step, the General Administration of Market Regulation will step up enforcement efforts to stop abuses of administrative power and eliminate restrictions on competition, focus on key issues that the public and enterprises are concerned about, and concentrate on investigating and handling a number of typical cases affecting the smooth circulation of the economy and hindering the construction of a unified national market. Strictly implement the newly revised “Provisions on Combating the Abuse of Administrative Power to Exclude and Restrict Competition”. Where fair competition reviews are not carried out in accordance with the prescribed procedures and documents containing content excluding restrictions on competition are formulated, cases are opened and investigated in accordance with the law, and rigid restrictions on the review system are strengthened.