With many expectations on the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau, the public opinion is highly appraised

From November 15th to 25th, the food and drug public opinion monitoring system of China Health Media Group monitored mainstream media, national portal websites, Weibo, WeChat and other platforms and found that the topic of "the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau" received more public opinion , The related public opinion is relatively hot
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Overview of the incident The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security website announced on November 15 that the State Council appointed Gan Lin as the director of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau, which aroused public attention to the new agency "National Anti-Monopoly Bureau
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" On November 18, the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau was officially established
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Public opinion generally believes that the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau reflects the central government’s great emphasis on anti-monopoly work and its anti-monopoly determination
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Trends of Public Opinions and Key Nodes With November 15-25 as the monitoring time period, the trend of relevant public opinions is "mountain-like"
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On November 18, the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau was officially listed, which triggered extensive discussions among netizens, and public opinion reached the peak of the monitoring period (see figure)
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The first stage: Gan Lin, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Supervision, was appointed director of the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau, which aroused public attention.
On November 15, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security website released the "State Council Appointment and Removal of National Staff", showing that the State Council appointed Gan Lin as the director of the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau
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The news aroused concern
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Public opinion hotly discusses the new institution "National Anti-Monopoly Bureau" and believes that anti-monopoly efforts will be increased
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For example, the "National Anti-monopoly Bureau is ready to come out, and China's anti-monopoly law enforcement ushers in a new pattern" published by the 21 financial client said that the allocation of deputy ministerial officials and the word "national" are preceded by the State Anti-monopoly Bureau.
Enough "attractive
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" Since the new round of institutional reform of the "three-in-one" anti-monopoly law enforcement force in 2018, anti-monopoly efforts have continued to increase.
The National Anti-Monopoly Bureau that is ready to come out means that anti-monopoly law enforcement is progressing towards normalization, and companies will face a strong regulatory pattern
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However, the bureau's specifications, staffing, law enforcement mode, and local connections are still to be officially announced
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On the Weibo platform, the topic "Gan Lin as Director of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau" was topped in hot searches, with more than 14.
53 million views
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Netizens' comments mainly focused on two points
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One is to look forward to the new director to do something after he takes office
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The second is to call for greater penalties for companies such as Tencent and Alibaba
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The second stage: the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau, and public opinion rose to its peak On November 18, the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau was formally established in Beijing
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Once the news was released, it attracted widespread attention from the media and netizens
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Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Net, China News Net, China Daily Net etc.
reported
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Public opinion believes that the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau will enrich the anti-monopoly supervision power, reflecting the great importance of anti-monopoly work at the national level
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"The establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau, which will strengthen the independence, authority and professionalism of law enforcement" published by Jiemian News stated that the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau reflects the country’s further improvement of the anti-monopoly system and mechanism and will enrich anti-monopoly supervision.
Strength, effectively regulate market competition behavior, and create a fair, transparent, and predictable and good competitive environment for various market entities to invest and start businesses and regulate healthy development
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"Optimizing a fair market competition environment, the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau shoulders public expectations" published by the "Southern Metropolis Daily" stated that the new establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau and the establishment of three new divisions reflect the importance of anti-monopoly work at the national level.
It will speed up the improvement of the anti-monopoly supervision system and enhance the supervision efficiency
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At the same time, the establishment of an overall agency also means that some previously scattered positions will be integrated, and the authority of supervision will be enhanced.
Under the framework of "unified enforcement, unified standards, and standardized enforcement", anti-monopoly work will be more effective
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In addition, some public opinion is also concerned about the establishment of the business department of the State Anti-Monopoly Administration, and believes that the digital economy will become the focus of law enforcement
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For example, Penguin’s "21st Century Business Herald" published "National Anti-Monopoly Administration Officially Listed Digital Economy Will Become the Focus of Enforcement", from the perspective of the responsibilities of the three new bureaus, monopoly agreements in the field of digital economy, abuse of market dominance enforcement, and digital economy The anti-monopoly review of the concentration of operators in the field is listed separately, and the digital economy will become a key area of ​​anti-monopoly supervision
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On the Weibo platform, the topic "National Anti-Monopoly Administration Officially Listed" appeared on Weibo hot searches, with more than 120 million views
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Netizens' comments also focused on supporting the establishment of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau and calling for strict investigation and rectification of Tencent, Ali and other companies
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Media report analysis uses November 15-25 as the monitoring period.
The "National Anti-Monopoly Bureau Officially Listed" published by Xinhuanet has been widely reprinted, with a total of 6,888 reprints; the "National Anti-Monopoly Bureau First Time" published by China Economic Observer.
Appeared, the director is her" and "The Appointment and Removal of National Staff of the State Council: Appointment of Gan Lin (Female) as the Director of the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau" published by The Paper followed closely, with 1288 and 594 reprints, respectively
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In addition to reprinting relevant reports, the media also pay attention to the following content
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The first is to call for the continued advancement of anti-monopoly legislation on the basis of strengthening specialized regulatory agencies
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For example, the "National Anti-Monopoly Bureau Appears on the Market, and Market Competition Supervision Has a Stronger "Mainstay" published by the Beijing News.
com" stated that the listing of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau is of great significance, but it should also be clearly seen that anti-monopoly is one of a kind.
A complex system project cannot be "completed in one task
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" Strengthen the construction of specialized regulatory agencies, continue to regulate competition in key areas such as digital economy, technological innovation, information security, and people’s livelihood protection, strengthen the centralized review of operators in such areas as people’s livelihood, finance, technology, and media, and strictly investigate and punish monopoly agreements and abuse of market dominance in accordance with the law At the same time as monopolistic behaviors such as status, we should continue to promote anti-monopoly legislation, strengthen anti-monopoly consensus, and work together to promote the formation of a good pattern of benign interaction and coordinated development of business entities, and create a more healthy and upward market ecological environment
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The second is to pay attention to the future law enforcement mode of the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau
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For example, "National Anti-monopoly Bureau is ready to come out, and China's anti-monopoly law enforcement is ushering in a new pattern" published by 21 Economic Net, lawyer Dai Jiapeng, a partner of Beijing Haotianxinhe Law Firm, said that considering the particularity and professionalism of anti-monopoly law enforcement, It is speculated that the National Anti-Monopoly Administration will be higher than the State Drug Administration and the State Intellectual Property Office in terms of law enforcement independence, and its law enforcement power and punishment power will not be handed over to the local market comprehensive law enforcement team.

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It is expected that the law enforcement pattern is to establish an anti-monopoly bureau at the provincial level, work together with the provincial market supervision bureau, and be managed by the provincial market supervision bureau, responsible for the anti-monopoly law enforcement work in each province; no corresponding agencies will be established below the province, and related law enforcement investigations , Cooperation and other functions are undertaken by the grass-roots market law enforcement agencies
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The “Anti-monopoly Experts Proposal to Promote the Institutionalization of Supervision and Normalization” published by the Securities Daily stated that Song Xiangqing, deputy dean of the Institute of Government Management of Beijing Normal University and director of the Industrial Economic Research Center, said that future anti-monopoly law enforcement should be implemented Leading by the national industrial policy, we focus on guiding market entities to follow the general laws of economic development and pursue a reasonable rate of scale expansion and profit growth
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At the same time, it is necessary to adapt to the needs of the new economy and the initiative of market players, and strictly distinguish the boundaries between reasonable and unfair competition.
It is necessary to resolutely crack down on monopolistic behavior, but also to effectively protect capital attributes to ensure efficient and orderly markets
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In addition, it is necessary to strengthen anti-monopoly awareness in the field of digital economy
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Experts' voices First, they believe that China's current anti-monopoly law enforcement and technical capabilities are insufficient, and it is recommended to strengthen research, further improve the anti-monopoly system and mechanism, and expand the staffing
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Wang Xianlin, a distinguished professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University and a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the State Council’s Anti-Monopoly Committee, believes that China’s current anti-monopoly enforcement power is insufficient, and it is necessary to further improve the anti-monopoly system and mechanism, enrich the anti-monopoly supervision force, strengthen the technical support for anti-monopoly enforcement, and form a team.
High-quality and professional anti-monopoly law enforcement team
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Associate Professor of Law School of Wuhan University proposed that how the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau will link up with provincial anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies in the future deserves continuous attention
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The situation of provincial anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies is different, and we need to continue to observe how to unify them
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Yang Dong, director of the Competition Law Institute of Renmin University of China, said that the normalization of anti-monopoly development requires the strengthening of the technical force of the regulatory authorities
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The second is to pay attention to China's anti-monopoly law enforcement and believe that there is still room for improvement in terms of fairness, transparency, and predictability
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Liu Xu, a special researcher at the National Institute of Strategic Studies of Tsinghua University, believes that my country’s anti-monopoly law enforcement still has room for improvement.

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In terms of fairness in law enforcement, some local leading companies violated the "Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" and their illegal activities lasted for a long time, but their illegal gains were not confiscated and they did not give reasons
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Regarding the transparency of law enforcement, in the past six months or so, there have been differences in the transparency of China’s anti-monopoly law enforcement in individual cases
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Antitrust enforcement predictability, the current lack of uniform criteria, such as whether filing, when filed, investigated and when, how to investigate, how supervision
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Liu Xu expects that the State Anti-monopoly Bureau will promote the normalization of China's anti-monopoly law enforcement
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(Leiyu, Public Opinion Monitoring Center of China Health Media Group)