China foreign-funded monopoly must dare "sword" _ news
In this field focus on foreign luxury brands of antitrust investigations are carried out in full swing when Audi first lowered his arrogant "head". The night of August 11, Audi has officially recognised its monopoly violations. Audi dealer is exposed, said Faw-Volkswagen Audi in fines for an initial period of 1.8 billion yuan. If tickets go, this will create China's highest antitrust fine records.
Can be sure of is, it was not because of anti-monopoly on foreign luxury brands Audi admit, courtship ended antitrust authorities. Last week NDRC survey group assault investigation Mercedes-Benz Shanghai Office of news also let General netizens on Mercedes-Benz, other Howe car brand price full looks forward to, many people even "predicted": has been worth "noble", and overlooking beings of Howe car brand, may also to curved waist grounding gas has, General Payroll family by wage income buy car started level luxury brand car of days not far carry......
Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, as three major foreign luxury brands, they both at home and abroad compared to the price of many of the economic base of the middle income class is "hurt": a BMW X5 offers more than 800,000 domestic and overseas only, more than 300,000. Prices vastly different, people cannot help but ask: why!?
Tax is not the primary factor, manufacturers and distributors to use high pricing strategies the monopoly of the Chinese Auto market is perhaps the key. After purchasing channels in their monopoly, except this one, absolutely no 4S store of semicolons sales pattern, was exploited by Chinese consumers, in addition to, there was no alternative.
Antitrust authorities on foreign luxury brands after the investigation began, some foreign media have noted that the national development and Reform Commission, China is only "bright sword" of foreign car companies, while not covered by the domestic auto companies, there seem to be "biased" smacks of. In fact, this view is too narrow a vision.
Since August 2008 the 6 years since the promulgation of the Antimonopoly Act, related departments in China's "sword" is always "on the issue, not the person". This 6 years, Korea Samsung, LG and other foreign companies were open because there is no LCD Panel prices sky-high ticket also Lao Feng Xiang, YuYuan and other domestic companies encounter antitrust investigation for allegedly manipulating the price of gold. Therefore, a wave of antitrust investigations, only about fairness, rather than any bias or discrimination.
Further antitrust investigation forced monopoly or adjusting commodity prices on the one hand, but also further squeeze profit margins after-sales service, so that people end up benefiting, especially for big-ticket items such as cars, service link costs are also important aspects of livelihood.
Objective view, 6 years between, related sector anti-monopoly survey action frequency are a years than a years frequently, people life cost so and reduced, in Howe car such away from General people life more far of luxury also will gradually go into unusual people home zhihou, we looks forward to more thing shut livelihood of field within exists of monopoly behavior also can was survey, because fair competition of market is livelihood of Fu, Kunimori of this. (He He)
(Edit: SN117)
14:10 August 14, 2014 International online
