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beijing, tianjin and hebei jointly issued a warning letter to regulate market price behavior during the mid-autumn festival and national day

2024-09-14

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china national radio, beijing, september 14 (reporter pang ting) the 2024 mid-autumn festival and national day are approaching. in order to maintain the holiday market price order, protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and create a good holiday market atmosphere, the market supervision departments of beijing, tianjin and hebei jointly issued the "reminder and warning on standardizing market price behaviors during the mid-autumn festival and national day in beijing, tianjin and hebei".

the market supervision departments of beijing, tianjin and hebei emphasized that all business entities must strictly abide by price laws, regulations, rules and related policies such as the "price law of the people's republic of china", "regulations on clear pricing and prohibition of price fraud", and "interim provisions on regulating promotional activities", effectively strengthen price self-discipline, actively fulfill social responsibilities, follow the principles of fairness, legality, honesty and trustworthiness, operate in accordance with the law and in good faith, and consciously maintain a good market price order.

all business entities shall implement clear pricing in accordance with the law. when selling goods and providing services, they shall clearly mark prices in accordance with regulations, and ensure that the prices are true and accurate, that the goods and labels are aligned, and that the labels are eye-catching. prices shall be adjusted in a timely manner when they change. goods shall not be sold at a price higher than the marked price, and no fees shall be charged that are not clearly marked.

all business entities shall not use false or misleading price means to deceive consumers or other business operators to trade with them. they shall not engage in price fraud such as low prices to lure high prices; selling goods or providing services through false discounts, price reductions or price comparisons; and failing to fulfill price commitments. they shall not fabricate or spread price increase information to drive up the prices of goods or services by a large margin.

market supervision departments in beijing, tianjin and hebei remind that operators of daily necessities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, and milk, as well as medicines, should actively fulfill their social responsibilities and not hoard goods, fabricate and spread price increase information, or drive up prices. operators of mooncakes and other mid-autumn festival seasonal commodities should pay attention to exercising their independent pricing rights in accordance with the law, reasonably set prices, and standardize the behavior of clearly marking prices. it is necessary to avoid the phenomenon of commodities not being marked with prices, unclear labels, and misaligned labels.