The Chinese Academic Document Network Database "Zhiwang" was performed by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of the Chinese National Market for 87.6 million yuan (RMB, the same, approximately S $ 16.94 million) for the implementation of monopoly acts due to the abuse of market dominance.It was ordered to stop illegal acts and conduct comprehensive rectification.
According to the official website of the General Administration of Market Supervision and Administration on Monday (December 26), the administrative penalty decision of the Zhizhi.com abuse of market dominance was released.The network was suspected of implementing a monopoly behavior for investigation.
The decision -making book mentioned that during the investigation, the General Administration of Market Supervision set up a task force to conduct on -site inspections on Zhiwang, obtain a large amount of evidence materials, and widely conduct investigations and evidence for other competitive platforms and a large number of users.Evidence materials have been conducted in -depth verification and big data analysis; at the same time, experts are also organized to conduct in -depth research and demonstrations, and listen to Zhiwang's statements many times to protect their legitimate rights.
Decision said that after investigation, Zhiwang has a dominant position in the Chinese academic literature network database service market in China.Since 2014, Zhiwang has abused this dominant position to implement monopoly.First, by continuously increase service prices and split database changes in the price increase, the acts of selling their database services are implemented at an unfair high price; second, by signing exclusive cooperation agreements, etc.Academic literature data such as academic documents such as academic journals, doctoral degree papers, etc. from any third party, and adopt a variety of reward and punishment measures to ensure exclusive cooperation.
The survey shows that Zhiwang's unfair implementation of high -priced, limited transaction behavior exclusion, restricting the competition of the Chinese academic literature network database service market, infringing on users' legitimate rights and interests, affecting relevant market innovation and development and academic exchanges.The abuse of "uniform high -priced sales products" and "no legitimate reasons, limited transactions can only be traded with them" by the Anti -Monopoly Law.
Decision pointed out that according to the relevant legal provisions of the antitrust law, comprehensive consideration of the nature, degree, duration, and the consequences of the illegal behavior of Zhiwang, the General Administration of Market Supervision on December 26thA decision of administrative penalties in accordance with the law was ordered to stop illegal acts and imposed a fine of 1.752 billion yuan in Chinese sales in 2021 at 2021 at a fine of 87.6 million yuan.
Decision also said that the General Administration of Market Supervision will be in accordance with the law and promote development in accordance with the law, supervise Zhizhi.com to fully implement rectification measures, eliminate the consequences of illegal behavior, and require Zhiwang to focus on lift the exclusive cooperation, reduce the burden on user, strengthen the user burden, strengthen the user's burden, strengthenInternal compliance management and other aspects are rectified to promote the healthy and innovative development of the industry.
Zhiwang WeChat public account "CNKI Zhiwang" issued an announcement response on Monday, saying that the punishment decision of the General Administration of Market Supervision was sincerely accept, resolutely obey, and proposed rectificationmeasure.
Announcement said that since the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration has been investigating the investigation of Zhiwang's suspected monopoly case, Zhiwang has cooperated with all its efforts, reflected in a profound self -inspection, and formulated an exclusive rectification and exclusive rectification on the basis of extensive solicitation of opinions.15 rectification measures, including cooperation, significantly reduced service prices, protect the author's legitimate rights and interests, continue to optimize related services, and comprehensively strengthen compliance construction.
The announcement also said that as a platform company, Zhiwang will firmly determine the development positioning of "serving scientific and technological innovation, promoting academic communication, and undertaking social responsibility", adhere to the "user -centric" business philosophy, consciously maintain fairness in fair maintenance fairnessIn the order of competition, we will strive to make Zhiwang into a world -class academic resource information platform with Chinese characteristics and world -class academic resources.
