Three departments to inform a group of companies for manipulating agricultural prices were investigated

BEIJING, July 1 (reporter Zhu Jianhong) The National Development and Reform Commission price Supervision and Inspection Department, Ministry of Commerce Market Order division, the State Administration of industry and Commerce, the Department of Market regulation today jointly convened a news conference, to inform the recent legal investigation of a group of operators malicious hoarding, collusion prices, driving up prices of illegal cases The relevant departments of the State will further improve the price monitoring system reflecting market volatility, establish a more sensitive system of price monitoring and early warning, explore the establishment of the early warning mechanism of abnormal fluctuation of commodity prices, improve the work plan for the abnormal fluctuation price of market prices, and further improve the laws and regulations regulating the behavior　　Increase the penalties for improper price behavior. There are four cases reported today. First, Jilin Province, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the price of the competent authorities investigated the Jilin Corn Center Wholesale Market Co., Ltd. United Inner Mongolia Jarud Qi Tatsu Grain and Oil Trading Co., Ltd., Jilin Province Zhaonan Economic and Trade Co. Manipulating market price violations, to the conference organizer Jilin Corn Center Wholesale Market Co., Ltd. in accordance with the statutory maximum penalty of 1 million yuan fines, the organization of the Conference of the enterprise fines 300,000-500,000 yuan, to participate in the meeting and collusion between the other 109 mung bean distribution enterprises also gave warning. Second, the Shandong provincial Price bureau investigated a dealer hoarding garlic, driving up the price of the illegal act, in accordance with the statutory maximum penalty of 100,000 yuan fine. The third is the development and Reform commission of Henan province to investigate and punish the local Cold storage Association of the organization of the operators of mutual collusion, the operation of garlic refrigeration charges standard behavior, fined 80,000 yuan. Four is the Guangdong Provincial Price bureau investigated the Guangzhou large Peng Logistics No. 2nd warehouse West a library to drive up the price of mung beans illegal, fined 20,000 yuan.