On 6 august, cdi responded for the first time to the ongoing antimonopoly investigation in the area of automobiles。
The ndc press spokesman, lee park min, stated yesterday that the existence of monopolies in audi and chrysler had been identified and that an investigation into the application of auto parts and axle prices by 12 japanese enterprises had recently been completed and would be punished in accordance with the law. At the same time, he indicated that further investigations into the existence of a monopoly on mercedes were under way. According to the exclusive source of the daily economic news, the commission issued a fine of up to hundreds of millions of yuan on this occasion。
The head of a joint-venture car manufacturer stated to the daily economy news journalist: “the monopoly in the automobile industry is rooted in the system for the authorization of the sale of automobiles under the automobile brand marketing scheme (hereinafter referred to as the scheme), which gives automobile manufacturers an advantage in this field.” in response, the vice-president and secretary-general of the chinese automotive circulation association, shen jun, considered that the antimonopoly law was a “constitutional” in the economic sphere and that the scheme was a sectoral regulation that could not go beyond the former。
The analysis suggests that the authorities in the automobile industry are now beginning to break down the rules of monopolistic behaviour on a case-by-case basis and that, in this context, the industry-suffering automotive brand marketing scheme has been revised or will be accelerated。
For the first time, the cdrc responded to antimonopoly/
At a press conference organized by cdrc on 6 august, li park min indicated that the current scnrc investigation against the prices bureau in chrysler and hubei province was nearing completion. It has been determined that there is indeed a monopoly in both enterprises and that they will be punished accordingly in the near future。
The japanese car business has also entered the investigation. “in recent days, we have completed the investigation into the case of the implementation of a monopoly on car parts and bearings by 12 japanese enterprises and will impose penalties in accordance with the law.” however, the commission did not disclose a specific list of the 12 enterprises。
In addition, li park min informed that the antimonopoly division of jiangsu provincial price bureau had conducted an antimonopoly investigation against mercedes dealers in five cities, such as suzhou and no tin. On 4 august, an investigation was carried out into the shanghai office of the benz company, the antimonopoly office of the shanghai csd and the jiangsu price authority. Benz is not a monopoly and evidence is being investigated。
In fact, mercedes announced lower prices for basic maintenance packages and spare parts at the end of june and 3 august, respectively. According to a source close to the beijing mercedes sales company: when the commission spoke to the president and chief executive officer of the beijing mercedes marketing corporation on antimonopoly issues, the focus was on the zero-sum issue of mercedes. Two price-fixing actions were also a response to the refocusing of antimonopoly investigations。
The daily economic news reporter learned from the relevant trade associations that the second price reduction was due to the fact that the commission did not approve the initial small price reduction in the face of ongoing antimonopoly investigations。
As at the time of the press release, mercedes and chrysler had not responded。
Monopolies investigations continue to ferment/
In addition to mercedes, other brands have been adjusted accordingly。
At the end of july, official news was released by jie pao (china) that the price of the three vehicles, including the land rover, had been reduced by an average of $200,000 since 1 august。
Subsequently, on 1 august, the popular audi announced a downward adjustment in the price of the equipment, with an average reduction of 20 per cent. Following the increase, for example, the a6l, the audi's best-selling car in china, was reduced from 41 to 291 per cent。
On 5 august, chrysler china sales services ltd. Also released information that the price of some parts and products would be reduced。
This antimonopoly investigation involves almost all chinese transnational automobile companies. A bmw (china) person revealed to the daily economic news journalist that “the bmw was also one of the enterprises previously interviewed by the commission for antimonopoly investigations”
The commission's investigations in the automobile sector focused mainly on the high price of imported cars, the monopoly on the supply of spare parts by automobile companies and the high price after sale. The above-mentioned association sources told the newspaper daily economic news that “anti-monopoly investigations against the automobile industry continue and that, as some enterprises lower the price of their car and spare parts, others will be able to reverse market prices in the future”
Daily economic news journalists have learned from the market that some bmw distributors are currently showing a “sale” attitude towards some imported vehicles, fearing that they will lose their profits as a result of the sudden official price cuts. Industry analyses suggest that the market for imported vehicles has either slowed or slowed in the near future。
Or reverse sales management revisions/
The automobile brand marketing management scheme states that automobile producers should develop network planning for automobile brand sales and services, including network layout programmes, network construction progress, building standards, software and hardware standards, after-sales service standards, etc。
“the monopoly acts that the cdrc can intervene with include product price monopolies, while the auto business monopoly system for parts and components, restrictions on cross-regional sales, etc., are not within its jurisdiction.” according to the relevant persons of the chinese association for car circulation。
In response, shen jun told a journalist, daily economic news: “the scheme is only a sectoral regulation, but the antimonopoly act is the law at the state level”. As a result, the various authorities in the automobile industry are now beginning to break down the rules on individual aspects of monopolization。
For example, the ministry of transport has issued guidance for the promotion of the transformation and upgrading of the automobile maintenance industry to improve the quality of services (advisory draft), which plans to break down the monopoly of auto-producing enterprises in the area of spare parts by encouraging former parts to enter the independent post-sale market; the general directorate of quality inspection of the state is also developing a policy for the inclusion of non-medium vehicles in the “three-packs of cars”, which, if introduced, would have the monopoly status of “general distributors” of automobile enterprises; and the general directorate of state for the administration of commerce and industry has issued a recent bulletin on the discontinuation of the licensing of car dealers and automobile brand dealers。
This set of policy adjustments is inextricably linked to the " automobile brand marketing management scheme " currently being implemented in the area of automobile circulation. The head of a jointly-owned car manufacturer stated to the daily economy news journalist: “the monopoly in the automobile industry is rooted in the authorization system for the sale of automobiles under the car brands marketing scheme, which gives automobile manufacturers an advantage in this field”. Therefore, in the current market environment, the regulation of automobile sales needs to be improved and improved if the power of car manufacturers is to be restrained and fair competition in the automobile market is to be maintained。
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