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Alibaba fined RMB 500,000 under anti-monopoly law by Chinese market regulator

Phate ZhangDecember 14, 2020

Alibaba has been fined RMB 500,000 ($76,500) by the Chinese market regulator for violating the Anti-Monopoly Law. This amount is the maximum fine under the law.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said the Internet industry is not a place where the anti-monopoly law cannot be regulated.

The SAMR said that although the fines were low, the penalties could signal to the society that anti-monopoly regulation in the Internet sector would be strengthened, dispel any possible fluke and wait-and-see mentality of some companies, and have a deterrent effect.

Alibaba was fined because of its investment in the acquisition of Intime Retail's equity interest.

From March 2014 to June 2017, Alibaba Investment acquired a combined 73.79% stake in Intime Retail on three occasions, becoming the controlling shareholder of Intime Retail, and in February 2018, Alibaba Investment's shareholding was further increased.

The SAMR stated that this act of Alibaba was an operator concentration under the law, but no operator concentration declaration was made in accordance with the law before the concentration was implemented.

Two other companies, China Literature and Shenzhen Hive Box Technology, were also fined RMB 500,000 each for the same reason.

Alibaba shares went down by 1.5 percent in pre-market trading.

Alibaba fined RMB 500,000 under anti-monopoly law by Chinese market regulator-CnTechPost

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