Last year, Chinese antitrust regulators had a surprise visit Microsoft (Microsoft) 4 offices, chip maker Qualcomm (Qualcomm) survey, and said to the price monopoly punishment Audi (Audi) and BMW (BMW) auto dealers. Last week China authorities found that Heinz (H.J. Heinz Co) baby Rice noodles "lead exceed the standard seriously," the food giant to in the teeth of the storm.
With high-profile investigations against foreign brands, many critics said China government exclude foreign companies are to foster domestic enterprises. The European Union Chamber of Commerce in Chinese (European Union Chamber of Commerce) published a white paper, criticism Chinese government such actions, said the measures are not fair, protectionist practices. In July this year, Chinese foreign direct investment (Foreign direct investment) fell 16.9% last year, more make the outside have criticized the government for investigation of the reasons.
But the Chinese antitrust investigation criticized correct? Still, the antitrust investigation Chinese actually shows the government is moving closer to the international standards, even is to improve the overall business environment, so as to create more competition, and by lower prices drive more consumption?
First of all, we should not be anti - monopoly investigation and consumer safety supervision be confused. Safety supervision departments at McDonald's, KFC (McDonald 's) (KFC) and now Heinz, reason is toxic and fake food companies to China consumer selling contaminated. The executive has been fined and jailed. The company China harm the health of consumers, errors are. Such as McDonald's selling expired meat production.
Chinese government is to respond to the requirements of the public, to defend the safety of the food supply chain. In 2013 China Market Research Group in 15 city with 5000 people, the results display, pollution and food and consumer product safety ahead of family medical expenditure and education expenditure, is the focus of two Chinese at present the most concern. Therefore, China government has taken different measures, such as promoting the dairy industry integration, as in the past to promote the steel manufacturing industry integration, so as to ensure better quality control, to prevent further deterioration of the environment.