Whether the "price war" is illegal requires law enforcement units to investigate and collect evidence

for the recent raging in the Jingdong , Suning and other electric dealers "price war", the Ministry of Commerce spokesman Danyang yesterday in a routine release said, has noticed the incident. Whether this behavior is illegal, it needs the relevant law enforcement subject to investigate and collect evidence, can be concluded.

Will the Ministry of Commerce "sell"?

Since August 15, the Beijing-east and Suning first launched, the major electric companies involved in the "price war" has aroused widespread consumer and media attention.

Yesterday, Danyang said the Ministry of Commerce had noted that individual large e-commerce companies were competing for price cuts to carry out sales activities, and the resulting market heat and concerns of consumers and suppliers. The Ministry of Commerce will continue to pay attention to the progress.

For "The three major electricity price war is a benign competition" and "whether the Ministry of Commerce will be" shot "", Shen Danyang said, judge the "price war" is illegal, it is necessary to have laws and regulations to do the basis. At present, the legal provisions related to price promotion include "anti-unfair competition law", "Anti-Monopoly Law" and "Price law", and the law enforcement bodies such as price department, industry and Commerce law enforcement departments should investigate and collect evidence according to law.

Suspected of unfair competition?

Since the start of the "price war", the controversy over whether the war is suspected of illegal.

The Ministry of Commerce's comments yesterday caused a variety of interpretations. Some commentators believe that the ministry's stance equals "nothing to say". There are also observers who say that "nothing is said" about the price war implicitly means "no objection" to the price war. The Ministry of Commerce's stance is more cautious, did not have a negative evaluation of the price war, in fact, is tantamount to endorsing the current move of the electricity business, even can be understood as, is the support of the price war.

Economist Ma Guangyuan said that the electricity business between the price war, holding the money of investors, at a price lower than the cost of blood, it is absolutely unfair competition.

Economic sound August 15 night quoted the relevant regulatory authorities, said the Beijing-east and Suning is not a vicious competition, the two sides did not achieve a monopoly, and the second is not the formation of low-cost dumping. This position is supported by well-known economist Xiaonian and others.