On January 31, the Market Supervision Administration of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region announced the first batch of typical cases of price violations in 2024, which involved: price violations such as unclear pricing, non-implementation of government pricing, and unfair pricing.
The Paper noted that in the above-mentioned case, a noodle soup restaurant in dushanzi area, Karamay City, when engaged in catering service business activities, made two menus with the same dish but different price labels, marked the two menus differently, used the menu with an increase for tourists, and used the menu without an increase for ordinary consumers, which violated the relevant provisions of Item 8, Paragraph 1, Article 14 of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Price Law and was fined 5,000 yuan by the dushanzi area Municipal Market Supervision Administration.
The Market Supervision Administration of Pishan County in Hotan District investigated and dealt with the case that a saute spicy chicken restaurant in Pishan County was not clearly marked.
The Market Supervision Administration of Pishan County in Hotan received a report from the masses on the complaint reporting platform of Xinjiang market supervision, which reflected that some meals in a large-scale chicken restaurant in Pishan County were not clearly marked and there was a low elevation knot. After investigation, it was found that the restaurant listed a bowl of rice 3 yuan and white flour 3 yuan on the menu, but actually settled the price of rice 5 yuan and the price of white flour 5 yuan. The behavior of the parties concerned violates the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), that is, "Operators selling, purchasing goods and providing services shall clearly mark their prices in accordance with the provisions of the competent pricing department of the government, indicating the product name, place of origin, specifications, grade, pricing unit, price or service items, charging standards and other relevant information" and the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of the Provisions on Clearly Marking Prices and Prohibiting Price Fraud.
The Market Supervision Administration of Pishan County in Hotan District investigated and dealt with the case that a property company in Pishan County failed to implement the government-guided price according to law.
When Pishan County Market Supervision Administration and County Development and Reform Commission in Hotan area carried out joint inspection, it was found that a property company in Pishan County did not implement the guiding price stipulated in the document "Reply on Approving the Charge Standard for Comprehensive Property Management Services in Pishan County" issued by Pishan County Development and Reform Commission. According to the document, the comprehensive property management service should receive the standard guide price of 1 yuan/m2, but the property company actually charges 1.3 yuan/m2. The behavior of the parties violates Article 12 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC). "Operators shall abide by laws and regulations, implement legally formulated government-guided prices, government pricing, statutory price intervention measures and emergency measures." On April 17, 2023, Pishan County Market Supervision Administration ordered the parties to refund the overcharged price of 15,212.61 yuan and imposed an administrative penalty of 5,000 yuan.
A pepper chicken shop in atushi, Kezhou was not clearly marked.
When the law enforcement officers of atushi Market Supervision Administration of Kezhou conducted daily supervision and inspection in the shops of Hong Kong City Food Street in Guangming Street, atushi, they found that some barbecues and drinks in a pepper chicken shop were not clearly priced. This behavior of the party concerned violates the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), namely, "Operators selling, purchasing goods and providing services shall clearly mark their prices in accordance with the provisions of the competent pricing department of the government, indicating the product name, place of origin, specifications, grade, pricing unit, price or service items, charging standards and other relevant information" and the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of the Provisions on Clearly Marking Prices and Prohibiting Price Fraud.
An illegal case of a company in Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture not implementing government pricing.
Law enforcement officers of Baicheng County Market Supervision Administration in Aksu received a report from the owner of a shop in Baicheng County that a company in Baicheng County raised the price when charging water and electricity fees to the shop, and failed to implement the relevant price policy provisions of the National Development and Reform Commission. The law enforcement officers of Baicheng County Market Supervision Administration found out that the company charged the shop owners the electricity fee of 0.8 yuan per kilowatt hour, the water fee of 3.5 yuan per cubic meter, and the opening fee of 3,000 yuan. The above actions of the parties violate the provisions of Article 12 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) that "when conducting price activities, operators shall abide by laws and regulations, and implement legally formulated government-guided prices, government pricing, legal price intervention measures and emergency measures". On September 19, 2023, the Baicheng County Market Supervision Administration of Aksu Prefecture imposed an administrative penalty of confiscating the unpaid water and electricity charges of 3,573.9 yuan and fined 10,000 yuan.
Changji Hutubi County Market Supervision Administration investigated and dealt with a case in which a hot pot maocai store violated the provisions of clearly marked price.
When the Market Supervision Administration of Hutubi County, Changji Prefecture conducted supervision and inspection on a hotpot maocai store in Changhua Road, Hutubi County, it was found that the price marked on the left side of the food cabinet in the store was inconsistent with the price marked on the right wall, and the cashier system in the store increased the price beyond the marked price. This behavior of the party concerned violated the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 13 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) that "an operator shall not sell goods at a higher price than the marked price, and shall not charge any unspecified fees" and the relevant provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of the Provisions on Clearly Marking Prices and Prohibiting Price Fraud. On August 3, 2023, Hutubi County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau confiscated the illegal income of 2,435.96 yuan and imposed a fine of 3,000 yuan on the party concerned.
A market supervision administration in Keping County, Aksu Prefecture investigated and dealt with a case in which a restaurant in Keping County violated the regulations on clearly marked prices according to law.
The Market Supervision Administration of Keping County in Aksu received a phone call from a consumer complaining that a restaurant in Keping County did not charge the ordering fee according to the menu price. After investigation, Keping County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau found that the menu of this restaurant indicated that the price of food (kung pao chicken) was 35 yuan/serving, and the price of food (scrambled eggs with leeks) was 25 yuan/serving, but the consumer’s order settlement bill showed that the price of food (kung pao chicken) was 48 yuan/serving, and the price of food (scrambled eggs with leeks) was 35 yuan/serving, so the consumer’s complaint was true. This behavior of the party concerned violated the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 13 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) that "the operator shall not sell the goods at a higher price than the marked price, and shall not charge any unspecified fees" and the relevant provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of the Provisions on Clearly Marking the Price and Prohibiting Price Fraud. On November 20, 2023, the market supervision and management bureau of Keping County imposed an administrative penalty of confiscating 23 yuan’s illegal income and fined him 1,023 yuan.
Kuqa Market Supervision Administration of Aksu Region investigated Kuqa City according to law.A case of a tourism group company’s illegal behavior of not implementing government pricing
When the market supervision administration of Kuqa City in Aksu region conducted on-site inspections on the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, Kuqa Palace, Kizilgaha Peak and other scenic spots, it was found that the charging notice column of the Grand Canyon Scenic Area was marked with "charging standard: all tickets for 41 yuan and half tickets for 21 yuan"; The charging bulletin board of Kuqa Wangfu is marked with "charging standard: all tickets in 55 yuan and half tickets in 30 yuan"; In the public notice column of Kizil Ga Hafeng Tower, the words "charging standard: full admission to 15 yuan/person in scenic spot, half admission to 8 yuan in scenic spot" are marked. According to the relevant approval documents of the National Development and Reform Commission, the half-price ticket for the Grand Canyon Scenic Area should be 20.5 yuan/person; The half-price ticket for Kuqa Wangfu should be 29.5 yuan/person, and the half-price ticket for Kizil Gaha Peak should be 7.5 yuan/person. The above-mentioned behavior of the parties is suspected of selling half tickets for scenic spots at a price higher than that set by the government, which violates the provisions of Article 12 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) that "operators shall abide by laws and regulations when conducting price activities, and carry out legally set government-guided prices, government-set prices and legal price intervention measures and emergency measures". On August 18, 2023, the Kuqa Municipal Market Supervision Administration imposed an administrative penalty of 7212.5 yuan on the parties according to law.
The dushanzi area Municipal Market Supervision Administration of Karamay City investigated a case of improper price behavior in a noodle soup restaurant in dushanzi area according to law.
During the supervision and inspection, dushanzi area Market Supervision Administration of Karamay City found that the person in charge of a noodle soup restaurant in dushanzi area provided free dining service to tour guides and bus drivers in order to attract tourists to eat in its restaurant. At the end of June, 2023, the menu was made into dishes with the same names and patterns.However, two menus with different prices for the same dish are engaged in catering service business activities, and the above two menus are marked separately, so that tourists can use the menu with increasing prices and ordinary consumers can use the menu without increasing prices. The price difference between the two menus is 2-50 yuan/serving, and there are 40 kinds of dishes with different prices.The above-mentioned behavior of the parties violated the provisions of Item 8, Paragraph 1, Article 14 of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Price Law, "Other unfair price behaviors prohibited by laws and administrative regulations". On September 1, 2023, dushanzi area Municipal Market Supervision Administration imposed an administrative penalty of 5,000 yuan on the parties according to law.