This year, the "Iron Fist" campaign launched by the State Administration for Market Regulation to investigate and deal with cases in the field of people's livelihood will focus on cracking down on 8 types of illegal activities, including illegal food additions, counterfeit and shoddy fertilizers, false propaganda such as "spreading orders" and "miracle doctors" and "miracle medicines". " and other false and illegal advertisements, production and sales of inferior gas appliances, illegal production and use of small boilers and use of unregistered elevators, use of unfair format terms to infringe on consumer rights, counterfeit well-known brands, and "hitchhiking" behaviors of "celebrities".
This is what the reporter learned from the special press conference on the "Iron Fist" operation of the investigation and handling of cases in the field of people's livelihood held by the State Administration for Market Regulation on the 20th.
In recent years, the State Administration for Market Regulation has continued to carry out the "iron fist" operation to investigate and deal with cases in the field of people's livelihood. According to statistics, in 2022, the national market supervision departments will investigate and handle 206,000 illegal cases in the field of people's livelihood, and transfer 3,554 cases to public security organs. Closely focusing on the outstanding problems in the field of people's livelihood that harm the interests of the people, a number of typical cases were investigated and dealt with, such as the investigation and handling of the case of production and sales of fake and shoddy vehicle diesel oil worth 366 million yuan in Inner Mongolia, and the investigation and handling of gang sales of counterfeit goods worth more than 1 billion yuan in Hunan. Alcohol cases, Guangxi investigated and dealt with a huge case of producing and selling counterfeit e-cigarettes worth nearly 110 million yuan, etc.
With the development of the Internet economy, operators use unfair format clauses to infringe on consumers' rights and interests, and their illegal means are concealed, involving a wide range of areas, and have bad influence. In 2022, the national market supervision departments investigated and dealt with 1,981 cases of various contract violations, and fined and confiscated more than 7.5 million yuan. Wang Songlin, a first-level inspector of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the General Administration of Market Regulation, said that in order to further improve consumers' awareness of contracts and rights protection, and jointly create a safe and secure consumption environment, this year's "Iron Fist" action will focus on eliminating or restricting consumers' rights, mitigating or Illegal acts such as exempting operators from liability and aggravating consumer responsibilities, investigating and exposing a number of typical cases of violations, and giving full play to the role of warning and deterrence.
In industries such as medical beauty services, live streaming, and catering services, false transaction information and false reviews and other "swiping orders and speculation" behaviors damage consumers' right to know, infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of operators in the same industry, and destroy the market for fair competition environment. In 2022, the national market supervision departments investigated and dealt with 738 cases of "spreading orders and speculation" and fined and confiscated about 48.68 million yuan. Yang Hongfeng, the first-level inspector of the Price Supervision and Competition Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision, said that this year's "iron fist" action focuses on fair competition in the field of people's livelihood, and severely cracks down on various unfair competition behaviors such as "swiping orders and speculation" to draw a bottom line for market entities' competitive behavior , Provide normative guidance.
In 2022, the national market supervision departments will investigate and deal with 7,794 cases of false and illegal advertisements for medical treatment, drugs, medical equipment, and health food, and fine and confiscate 126 million yuan. Luo Lan, deputy director of the Advertising Supervision Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that this year's "Iron Fist" campaign will crack down on illegal advertisements of "miracle doctors and medicines". Focusing on strengthening advertising monitoring, we will focus on rectifying advertisements pretending to be experts and famous doctors, illegally promoting the efficacy of medicines, and fabricating and exaggerating health care. Outstanding issues such as food efficacy.
Small boilers widely used in food manufacturing, agricultural and sideline product processing, and resident services have a large volume and a wide range, and there are still problems with their safety. According to Zhang Hongwei, deputy director of the Special Equipment Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, this year's "Iron Fist" operation will combine reporting clues to focus on investigating and punishing illegal behaviors in the manufacture, sale, and use of boilers through the "big volume and small scale" method, and at the same time carry out investigations on potential safety hazards of small boilers.