The State Administration for Industry and Commerce imposed a fine of 3.442 billion yuan on Meituan for monopolistic behavior. what do you think?

There are signs that the US Mission has been punished. It was named many times before and eventually became the second heavy penalty platform after Alibaba.

As a platform for providing order information, it doesn't have much technical content, but by burning money to occupy the market and gain a monopoly position, you can eat the merchants and let the takeaway workers work to earn money. You don't need to bear the after-sales. If there is a problem, you can punish the merchant and don't bear the salary and social security of the takeaway. There is no reasonable accident compensation, and the algorithm is used to keep the takeaway staff busy, and they will be fined for overtime.

Excessive pumping makes businesses miserable and can only cut corners. Some merchants use a bag of cooking bags as cheap as five or six yuan for cooking, and they can sell for twenty or thirty yuan by heating them in a microwave oven for a few minutes. In order to catch up with all kinds of speeding, retrograde and running red lights, the take-away personnel are only trying to send more orders in order to race against time, regardless of their lives.

As an information intermediary platform, it is understandable that an order is drawn into 5 yuan, but it is incredible to draw more than 20%. The gross profit of the catering industry is really high, reaching about 50%, but after all, it has to bear various costs such as rent, labor, water, electricity, rice, oil and meat.

As a company, we cooperate with 5 million riders, but we don't need to bear social security for them. Their salary is also obtained from commission. If they do, they will have it. If they don't do this, they won't have it. They will be clear about their responsibilities and light assets.

I would like to ask, does such a platform really promote employment? Is it really good for society?

In the era of smart phones, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, people eat less frequently in restaurants and become more dependent on foreign sales. The more merchants rely on the platform, the more successful the platform will be. The harder it is to find a job, the less qualified the takeaway rider is to negotiate in front of the platform.

A fine of 3.442 billion yuan is just the beginning. If the American delegation does not follow the right path, there will be more.

When there is no legal honor, as long as it is an enterprise and as long as it is a capitalist, it wants to plot monopoly. Because both Marx and other economic theories have analyzed that monopoly can get the maximum profit and monopoly can get the longest profit. But the history of human progress tells us that monopoly will hinder technological progress, and monopoly will do the greatest harm to other competitors and society. Therefore, modern countries should oppose monopoly, which is the public enemy of human progress.

However, before human beings entered the Internet world, in fact, the monopoly area and monopoly time of each monopolist were limited, because geographical barriers were difficult to monopolize for a long time. However, entering the internet world is different. Internet has no national boundaries, it spans space. Then the monopoly of the internet is more harmful to the economy and fair competition than the traditional offline monopoly in the past. It can be seen that under this monopolistic competition, there are only 1 ~ 2 businesses left in the general Internet, which can be won nationwide. After monopoly, they can raise prices at will, which can hinder technological progress and stifle all fair market rules.

However, the Internet is not a place of extra-legality. The days of monopoly in front are getting cold, and the laws behind it are targeted, so it is natural to accept anti-monopoly punishment. This year is the year of anti-monopoly all over the world. Everyone saw that Google imposed monopoly punishment on governments around the world, and everyone saw that Twitter was also investigated everywhere because of monopoly. Similarly, China has also launched an active anti-monopoly. Since a school didn't teach a cow socket recently at the beginning of the year, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has made anti-monopoly investigation and anti-monopoly punishment. In the first half of this year, Meituan was filed by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for alleged monopoly. Now it's almost the end of the year, and finally the punishment result has come out.

Meituan's punishment is actually not serious, because a company that was also an Internet platform giant was fined 4% of the group's total revenue last year, while Meituan was fined 3% based on its sales in China in 20201147.48 million yuan, totaling 3.442 billion yuan. At the same time, Meituan must fully refund the exclusive cooperation deposit of 65.438+0.289 billion yuan (the deposit collected by Meituan is that if the merchant secretly refuses to let Meituan take out the food exclusively, the deposit will be confiscated). It is based on the anti-monopoly law of China. The first paragraph of Article 17 clearly stipulates that "the counterparty can only trade with it without justifiable reasons", and Meituan uses its dominant market position to squeeze cooperative businesses, so the punishment standard is based on Articles 47 and 49 of the Anti-Monopoly Law.

Why is this punishment still not strong enough? Because the profit of Meituan in the first half of 20021is still 2.5 billion yuan, the net profit in 2020 is 4.71billion yuan, and the net profit in 20 19 is 4.7 billion yuan. SAIC has also issued a three-year administrative order for Meituan to comprehensively rectify the legitimate interests of small and medium-sized catering businesses in the platform, strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of takeaway riders, and submit a self-inspection and compliance report every year. Then what everyone cares about in the follow-up is: Can the social security problem of millions of take-away riders wearing Meituan clothes be solved? Now the country is vigorously promoting social security. There are millions of American takeaway riders, but none of them have social security. Can't let these takeaway riders get old, there is no guarantee.

The monopoly of the Internet can turn the boss into a super-rich, so the anti-monopoly of the Internet means that continuous supervision should be in place, punishment should be timely, and the amount should be increased.

Monopoly inhibits innovation and obtains monopoly profits at the same time, which is the number one goal in the world at present, especially the monopoly problem of super internet and super technology enterprises. From the United States to Europe and then to China, it is the focus of supervision. Regulators in various countries have repeatedly imposed heavy penalties on some large technology companies and Internet companies, and large Internet technology companies such as Google Facebook have also been punished many times.

Meituan is the leader of takeaway platforms, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has been investigating one of them for some time. According to the provisions of Article 47 and Article 49 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, considering the nature, degree and duration of the illegal activities of the US Mission, on August 8, 20021,10, the General Administration of Market Supervision made a decision on administrative punishment according to law and ordered the US Mission to stop the illegal activities. The exclusive cooperation deposit of 65.438+0.289 billion yuan was refunded in full, and a fine of 65.438+0.65438+0.4748 billion yuan was imposed on its sales in China in 2020, totaling 3.442 billion yuan.

The Anti-Monopoly Law stipulates that abuse of market dominance in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law can be punished by "confiscation" of illegal income and a fine of more than 1% of sales in the previous year and less than 10%. The fine imposed by SAIC on Meituan last year was relatively light, and the fine ratio was at a high level of 30%. Judging from the proportion of fines, it is more than a punishment, but a warning to punish the US Mission with the attitude of saving lives. The top penalty is 10% of the previous year's fine, which is about1147 million yuan, which is unbearable for the US delegation.

In 2020, Meituan's net profit will be 47 1 100 million yuan, and10.47 billion yuan will be about 2.4 times of Meituan's 20-year profit, that is, it will be fined 3.442 billion yuan, which is also a big burden for Meituan, accounting for 73% of its 20-year profit.

In response to the fine imposed by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the US Mission responded very sincerely. "We sincerely accept and resolutely implement it. We will conduct comprehensive and in-depth self-examination and rectification in accordance with administrative punishment decisions and administrative instructions, and put an end to' two choices'. " .

The anti-monopoly investigation conducted by SAIC is not aimed at a certain enterprise, but to maintain fair competition in the whole market economy and maintain economic vitality. Large Internet technology companies cannot be allowed to suppress the living space of other companies by virtue of market dominance, thus losing their development space.

The news that Meituan was fined 3.4 billion for monopoly is very popular. It's just that the penalty is less, and adding a zero behind it is almost the same. Otherwise, if the penalty is only a little, the US delegation will not remember it for a long time.

As the saying goes, you can spit it out as you eat it. It is necessary for the US delegation to be punished this time. It belongs to repeated education, repeated criticism and ugly eating. But I still go my own way and don't think about repentance.

Monopoly is something that people hate very much, so they can take the opportunity to sit on the ground and start the price, which will benefit shops and consumers. Many stores dare to be angry and dare not speak.

After the US Mission was punished, it expressed positive rectification. Attitude is on the one hand, I hope to face my own problems sincerely and correct them seriously. Under the background of * * * and prosperity, it is beneficial to stores and consumers.

There are not a few business giants who have been punished by antitrust, such as Ali before. Whether it is Ali or Meituan, they are only typical under the anti-monopoly banner and will not be the last one. With the deepening of anti-monopoly, unscrupulous merchants will sacrifice the banner of anti-monopoly.

First of all, at present, it is a society ruled by law, and we must govern the country according to law and be punished accordingly.

Secondly, since the Party Central Committee and the State Council deployed "Strengthening Anti-monopoly to prevent disorderly expansion of capital" in June 5438+February last year, China's platform anti-monopoly supervision has continued to exert its strength. From investigating the monopoly case of Alibaba Group to prohibiting the concentration of tiger tooth fighting fish operators according to law, from lifting the exclusive copyright of online music to imposing administrative punishment on Meituan according to law, from suspending the listing of Ant Financial Service to starting the safety review of Didi Travel, all of them reflect the suppression of barbaric competition and disorderly expansion of capital.

Moreover, this is also the requirement of the country to "promote prosperity with high-quality development". Expand the proportion of middle-income groups, increase the income of low-income groups, rationally adjust high income, ban illegal income, form an olive-shaped distribution structure with big middle and small two ends, and promote social fairness and justice. Capital is profit-seeking. If monopoly enterprises are not controlled, then these enterprises are likely to make use of their competitive advantages to "lie down and earn money" and earn high profits, which will seriously harm the interests of upstream SMEs and downstream consumers and run counter to "high-quality development" and "* * * with prosperity".

Dragon monopoly

Just don't let others

There is food,

The best punishment is to let them

Without food,

Empathy.

Monopoly will hinder the development of society!

The punishment is too small. The key is to buy insurance for the takeaway brother. Many of them are outsourced. Meituan always shirks its responsibility, so we must make a good job of it.

# Meituan responds to anti-monopoly punishment: it will put an end to the two choices #

When it comes to the US Mission, it can be said that everyone knows it. This enterprise is the absolute leader in the take-away industry. There is no objection. There are a large number of merchants in the country and takeaway brothers from all corners of the country, making money quickly!

However, it is such an enterprise that has a dominant market position. Recently, he was punished for the monopolistic behavior of "two choices" in the market, and the fine exceeded 3 billion. As the saying goes: people are doing, and the sky is watching! Heaven has a good cycle, and heaven forgives people!

Either-or things have long been revealed, and many businesses may have become accustomed to it. You can look at the overwhelming information on the Internet. I don't open a shop, I'm just an ordinary consumer. I want to express some feelings about using Meituan from the perspective of consumers:

First, kill it.

For friends who have just used Meituan, they may not know the killing of Meituan. I also found it by accident-for a time, I especially liked the food in a store. At that time, I had dinner there almost every night. After a long time, I always pick some repetitive dishes, but the price becomes expensive. Either the price has increased and the discount has decreased, or the delivery fee has increased. In order to make consumers spend more money, this is true. After several experiments, I found that every family is like this. I really regard consumers as a cash cow!

Second, members.

When I first started using Meituan, the red envelope was big enough to invite you to dinner, which is why I recommended Meituan to many people. However, in the back, the red envelope is getting smaller and smaller, and I can bear it. Enterprises are not philanthropists, after all, they have to make money, but it is not easy to get the allowance red envelope after opening a member, and this amount is similar to the member red envelope. Even after deducting the money for opening members, members spend more money, which is outrageous!

Third, the transfer of contradictions.

This is the darkest place of the Meituan. It hides itself behind the scenes and puts take-away riders, merchants and customers in front of the stage. Once there is any problem, it will easily turn into a contradiction between take-away riders, merchants and customers, and deduct money if nothing happens. Just like the case in which the rider who vomited countless times before was complained by the customer because of overtime work, this US group did not think about extending the time at first, but knew to deduct the rider's money. Is this solving the problem?

A large part of the reason why Meituan makes so much money is to suck the blood of takeaway riders, because there is no need to pay five insurances and one gold to these migrant workers. Earlier, it was revealed that these little brothers outside should be self-employed, so that they can completely avoid the five insurances and one gold of the law. How much money can the US group save with so many riders?

Therefore, anti-monopoly is only the first step of the US Mission. Anyway, this money will not affect its dominant position. What is really fatal is the treatment of takeaway riders. Ordinary people should not only live, but also live better. I hope everyone can pay attention to it!

"The rich are extremely tired, and the poor eat their dross" * * * is the essential requirement of socialism.

On August 30th, Meituan announced that in April, 20021,the State Administration of Market Supervision of People's Republic of China (PRC) launched an investigation on the company according to the Anti-monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China. As of the deadline, the relevant investigation is still in progress, and the company actively cooperates with the investigation of the State Administration of Market Supervision. At this stage, the company cannot predict the situation or results of relevant investigations, and the company may be required to change its business practices and/or be fined heavily. Prior to this, Ali was investigated by anti-monopoly, and was fined 4% according to the sales in China in 20 19 years, amounting to182.28 million yuan. According to the standard of 4%, the revenue of Meituan in 2020 is114.8 billion yuan, otherwise it will be fined 4.59 billion yuan.

The US Mission responded. Subsequently, the US Mission responded on the official WeChat WeChat account. Today, Meituan received a notice from the State Administration of Markets to investigate the alleged monopolistic behavior of Meituan according to law. The company will actively cooperate with the investigation of the regulatory authorities, further improve the level of business compliance management, protect the legitimate rights and interests of users and all parties, promote the long-term healthy development of the industry, and earnestly fulfill its social responsibilities. At present, the company's various businesses are operating normally.

The stock price evaporated by more than 900 billion yuan and raised 65 billion yuan. As of today's close, Meituan's share price is HK$ 256/share, with a market value of nearly HK$ 1.57 trillion. Compared with the high of HK$ 460 in February, Meituan's share price has fallen by 45%, and its market value has evaporated by more than HK$ 654.38 +0.25 trillion.