MOFCOM Talks About Taobao Incident: Guidance On E-Commerce Development

Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a regular press conference yesterday that the fundamental reason for the Taobao mall incident lies in the weak legal basis of China's network management, the lack of law in the online retail industry and the imperfection of the regulatory system. He believes that we should speed up the construction of legal management system for online retailing. positive Promote the "Online Retail Management Ordinance" as soon as possible.

E-commerce development guidance issued

Shen Danyang said, I am very glad to see that common Efforts have been made to better handle Taobao mall events. The Ministry of Commerce hopes that in addition to doing well the aftermath of Taobao mall, it will also strengthen business guidance and services to the third party trading platform. He said that when introducing operational measures affecting online retailers and consumer rights and interests, operators should fully listen to the views of interested parties and conduct consultations on an equal footing, so as to maintain continuity, stability and predictability of relevant measures. "Next, the Ministry of Commerce will actively promote the" Regulations on online retail management ", and form a market access and exit system for the third party trading platform, clarify the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the participants in the online retail market, and further clarify the management responsibilities of the relevant departments.

In addition, the Ministry of commerce website also issued the Ministry of Commerce's "guidance on e-commerce development" in 12th Five-Year, and proposed that the electronic commerce regulations and standards system will be basically formed by 2015.

Taobao will not comment.

Taobao said yesterday that it would not comment on the statement made by the Ministry of Commerce and the above statement.

Prior to this, the Ministry of Commerce issued an opinion on October 15th, saying that it hoped Taobao would Shopping Mall We should fully listen to the views of all parties and take positive actions to respond to the reasonable requirements of relevant businesses, especially small and medium-sized businesses. At present, under the intervention of the Ministry of Commerce, the anti Taobao alliance, which launched the attack, has stopped attacks.

After Ma Yun announced the delay in implementing the new rules by the old customers in the mall, the anti Taobao alliance's Chinese online business rights alliance 19 said in a statement that the new regulation did not meet the requirements of the network operators. It hoped to establish the pricing mechanism of the three parties participating in the government, the Internet business and the platform, and promote the hearing system. The channel also asked Taobao to take the initiative to contact with it, and "positively respond to the demands of the vast number of Internet merchants".

But Zhang Yong, President of Taobao mall, told the media 17 days that he would listen to the views of the normal channel, but would not negotiate with the malicious attackers. "Taobao also saw the concern of the Ministry of Commerce and adopted the same approach as the Ministry of Commerce".

Taobao mall event playback

October 10th

Taobao mall announced a substantial increase in the annual fee of technical services and the default margin of shops.

October 11th

Small sellers suddenly broke out and declared war against Taobao by besieging big sellers.

October 12th

Ma Yun said in micro-blog, "pluck up the courage to make a choice, and may act arbitrarily".

October 13th

Taobao mall temporarily issued some safeguard measures against attacks

October 16th

Regulators have publicly expressed concern and are involved in investigating the matter. Protest alliance suspended some activities

October 17th

Alibaba group announced that it will add an additional investment of 1 billion 800 million yuan to Taobao mall to build Taobao mall as a "city of quality".

- industry perspective

"The essence of Taobao mall is not a legal issue".

Former YAHOO China general manager, Internet senior Commentator Xie Wen: the matter of Taobao mall is not a legal issue in essence. It is not because it is illegal to make such a big deal. It is not necessary to set up any laws and regulations. The existing contract law and other economic laws and regulations are enough to make a law out of a problem. Standing too thin, universality is relatively poor, standing rough and bad operation. Moreover, the Ministry of commerce can not manage legal issues, which is a matter of the legislature. Even if laws are issued for this purpose, they will not necessarily be observed.

Businesses have the right to formulate their own business policies, how to use them carefully and how to respect Party B, which is more of a business civilization and strategy. A business relationship has been maintained for many years to form a pattern. It is a strategic problem to change this pattern by making use of a relatively mild way or using legal and commercial rights given to me.

The same is true for small businesses. The right way to safeguard their rights is also a matter of business civilization and culture. In the United States, small businesses will set up associations or unions. If they encounter problems, they will consult with Google, Microsoft and other large companies. Within the permitted scope, large businesses will also respect their "business" as much as possible. Big businesses should not be overbearing, nor can small businesses get into trouble. None of this is in China. (Yang Miao)

- hot spot response

"The grim situation of foreign trade will last at least until the first quarter of next year".

For the future import and export situation, Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that China's foreign trade development has been unstable and uncertain factors have increased in recent months, and the grim situation in foreign trade will last until at least the first quarter of next year. He also said that this year's import and export growth will show a "high before and after low" trend.

The data released by the General Administration of Customs showed that the growth rate of China's import and export trade has dropped significantly since last year compared with last year. The import and export scale of the first three quarters of this year has exceeded the level of US $2 trillion and 560 billion in 2008, but it has dropped by 10 percentage points over the same period last year. After a substantial increase in foreign trade accidents in August, China's import and export data showed a further downward trend in September this year.

Lu Peijun, deputy director of the General Administration of customs, said the slowdown was mainly affected. international Constraints such as slowing demand and rising domestic costs. In addition, the high growth in the same period last year is a resumption of growth, and this year is an independent growth on the basis of last year. He believes that the relative decline in growth rate is reasonable.

Shen Danyang said yesterday that the grim situation in foreign trade will last at least until the first quarter of next year. He quoted data from the Canton Fair, saying that the growth of business participants, transaction volume and transaction orders this year will be less than in previous years, which also illustrates the grim trade situation. In this regard, the Ministry of Commerce will strive to maintain the basic stability of export related policies such as export tax rebate, foreign trade credit, export credit risk protection, RMB exchange rate, cross-border trade RMB settlement, trade facilitation, etc., while actively expanding imports, accelerating the transformation of foreign trade development mode, and quickly cultivating new advantages to promote the annual foreign trade to achieve the established development goals. (Shen Weiqing)

"The US dollar exchange rate bill violates international rules".

In response to the recent exchange rate bill recently passed by the US Senate, Shen Danyang restated yesterday that this way of forcing trade partners to appreciate currencies by legislation is a serious violation of international rules and a departure from the international obligations of the United States. He also said that if the US side persists in its own way, China will have to make further response.

Local time October 11th, the United States Senate voted 63 votes in favor of 35 votes, the adoption of the 2011 currency exchange rate supervision reform bill. According to the bill, if the United States determines that the exchange rate of its major trading partners is undervalued, it will have the right to impose anti-dumping duties on products imported from these countries. If the country's currency is too low to be considered a means of subsidizing exports, the US industry can seek higher tariffs on foreign competitors. Although the bill did not explicitly address China, the analysis generally believed that the bill was intended to force the renminbi to appreciate.

Previously, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of foreign affairs and the people's Bank of China all expressed firm opposition to the bill. Data show that in the first three quarters, the scale of China's foreign trade surplus further narrowed, the surplus accounted for only 4% of the total foreign trade, accounting for 2% of China's GDP, and two of the total share were declining. According to Shen Danyang, it is unreasonable to question China's huge trade surplus and try to put pressure on China. He hoped that the United States should not politicize economic issues and not "get sick but allow others to take medicine". Do not do things that are harmful to others and not selfish. (Shen Weiqing)

"Tax cuts are not the only measures to expand imports."

"Luxury" reduction for all parties concerned tariff The problem, Shen Danyang said, is that the reduction of import duties on consumer goods, including tariffs and excise duties, is not the only way to expand the import of consumer goods. It is also a good way to effectively promote the import of consumer goods by changing the concept of consumption and the traditional thinking of "reward and entry restriction", encouraging foreign governments and enterprises to promote trade activities, and providing a good environment for the operation of foreign consumer goods in the Chinese market.

Shen Danyang said that for the first time in the "12th Five-Year plan" outline, it is clear that the import of consumer goods should be appropriately expanded, and the Ministry of Commerce has been promoting this work. This approach will benefit the people first, and will help to promote the upgrading of consumption structure, enhance the consumption ability of residents, expand the scale of consumption, and accelerate the strategic adjustment of China's economic structure. In addition, it is conducive to further promoting trade balance.

Earlier, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance disagreed on whether or not to reduce import tariffs on high-end consumer goods. Former Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian has said that China will further reduce import tariffs, including tariffs on some high-end consumer goods, which is the general trend. Relevant government departments have reached a consensus on this point. Some experts have different comments on this matter, because the starting point of each side is different, but "changing all the time", the fundamental starting point is to expand domestic consumption.