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Investigation and Handling of Unfair Competition

Cases in China in 1996

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Cases

Total Number of Cases

State-owned Enterp.

Collec-tive Enterp

Joint Operated Enterp.

Joint-stock Enterp.

Sole Proprie-taries

Private Enterp.

Foreign Invest-

ment Enterp.

Gov. Organs & Social Bodies

Army Natural Persons Other
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Total

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Number of Cases Occurred in the Year

Cases if 100-300 Thousand Yuan

Cases if 300-1,000 Thousand Yuan

Cases of More Than 1,000 Thousand Yuan

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I. Total Number of Cases

11388

10802

121

37

14

1131

2826

81

300

4181

618

91

29

2

1460

669

Passing Off the Registered Trademarks of Others

2705

2570

24

3

3

169

632

8

71

1121

140

12

3

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392

156

Counterfeiting the Names, Packaging and Decoration Peculiar to Well-Known Goods

1944

1851

17

3

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103

548

15

44

807

116

11

2

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245

53

Falsely Using the Enterprise Names or Personal Names of Others

1666

1574

17

5

1

104

388

18

44

649

138

2

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248

73

Forging or Falsely Using, on Their Goods, Symbols of Quality such as Symbols of Authentication and Symbols of Famous and High Quality Goods, Falsifying the Origin of Their Goods, and Making False Representations to the Quality of the Goods

2490

2353

17

6

1

188

639

18

72

948

132

25

2

1

358

107

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Public Utility Enterprises or Other Operators Having Monopolistic Status According to Law Force Others to Do Trade

102

87

3

8

1

69

13

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2

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4

Abusing Administrative Power to Restrict Fair Competition

38

32

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7

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Commercial Bribery

494

468

12

9

2

229

108

1

5

48

4

3

1

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46

An Operator Uses Advertisement or Other Means to Give False Information on the Quality, Composition, Performance, Use, etc. of the Goods

1427

1380

20

3

2

160

388

18

47

477

69

26

7

1

110

124

Infringement on Business Secrets

51

42

8

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17

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5

3

1

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Dumping at Lower Price

59

58

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12

8

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14

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22

Making a Tie-in Sale or Attaching Other Unreasonable Conditions in Selling Goods

42

39

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7

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11

1

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1

Unfair Sales with Attached Prizes

228

218

3

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51

58

2

8

53

9

11

2

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13

Commercial Libel

11

9

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4

2

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Submitting and Inviting Tenders in Collusion

23

20

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2

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Removing, Concealing and Destroying Illegal Properties by Actor

108

101

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8

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1

17

2

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II. Value of Punishments and Confiscation (in Mil. Yuan)

85.37

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18.09

22.60

1.07

5.04

16.65

6.19

2.66

0.38

0.05

7.31

5.33

III. Total Value of the Cases (in Mil. Yuan)

738.22

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153.67

205.56

6.65

131.63

99.19

31.73

23.31

2.28

0.12

41.34

42.74

Supplementary Materials :

  1. 104 cases were transferred to prosecutorial, judicial and public security organs, and suggestions were made to look into the Party discipline of two persons and administrative discipline of zero person.
  2. 6045 cases were placed on file in the period, 213 cases were outstanding at the end of the period.
  3. Thirty-two cases for reconsideration, of which 21 cases were affirmed, five cases were corrected. Seventeen cases for administrative litigation, of which two cases were affirmed, zero case defeated, thirteen cases withdrawn.
  4. Twenty-six damages cases were settled through conciliation, with a total compensation of RMB620,000.

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