The knowledge net is suspected of monopoly and is placed on file for investigation!

Recently, according to the previous verification, the General Administration of Market Supervision filed an investigation into the suspected monopolistic behavior of the knowledge Network in accordance with the law.

Guangming Daily was put on file for investigation: releasing an important signal to regulate the normalization of the platform economy.

Maintain fair competition in academic literature database service market.

Promote the healthy development of industry standardization and innovation.

Recently, on the basis of previous verification, the General Administration of Market Supervision has put on file an investigation into the suspected implementation of monopoly behavior on the knowledge net.

This is an important measure for China's anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies to actively respond to social concerns and implement regular supervision of the platform economy in accordance with the law. it is of great significance to maintain fair competition in the academic literature database service market, promote knowledge production and flow, promote innovation and development, and protect consumer interests and social public interests with authors and readers as the main body.

I. if a knowledge network is suspected of carrying out a monopoly act, it shall file a case for investigation in accordance with the law.

Academic literature is a knowledge product with intellectual achievements as the core.

In the digital age, academic literature database gathers academic literature, systematically digitizes academic literature with the help of digital technology, realizes accurate retrieval and query, convenient online reading and download, and upgrades document information service to knowledge service. it has become an important channel and platform for gathering knowledge, disseminating knowledge, sharing knowledge and serving knowledge innovation.

It should be affirmed that Zhi.com has continuously innovated and developed in the Chinese academic literature information service and knowledge service market, and has become the most influential digital service platform for academic literature in our country.

But at the same time, it is very timely and necessary for the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency to start the investigation procedure because of the fact that the knowledge net is suspected of carrying out monopoly behavior and harming the interests of consumers in the course of operation.

It is understood that the types and quantity of Chinese academic documents, the number of periodicals, the quantity and quality of exclusive journals, the scale and coverage of users, the degree of user dependence, and market sales are obviously in the leading position for a long time. Unfair format terms are set in academic literature collection and service agreements, and the prices of purchasing academic documents or selling knowledge digital products are almost not restricted by competition.

According to the analysis, it can be concluded that the knowledge net has a dominant position in the market.

Integrating all kinds of information, Zhi.com signed exclusive agreements with a large number of periodicals and universities, restricted their cooperation with other third-party academic literature database service platforms, locked upstream high-quality academic resources, and artificially created barriers to the flow of knowledge. it makes it difficult for other competitors to compete fairly with them, affecting the sharing and dissemination of knowledge.

At the same time, through the way of collecting at a low price and selling at a high price, Zhi.com has made ultra-high profits, and in the absence of legitimate reasons, it has greatly increased the price of the database for many years, increasing the burden on users and harming the interests of consumers.

The above actions of the knowledge Network have undermined the fair competition order of the relevant markets, hindered the dissemination of academic documents and knowledge sharing, damaged the ecological environment of knowledge innovation, and deviated from the original intention of building the "China knowledge Infrastructure Project". It has aroused great worries in the academic, educational, publishing and book circles all over the country.

The General Administration of Market Supervision conducts an anti-monopoly investigation on Zhi.com in accordance with the law, stops the monopolistic behavior of the academic literature database service market, maintains fair competition in the market, and gives journals, authors, institutional users and readers more choices. the purpose of protecting consumer interests and social public interests with authors and readers as the main body is to promote the development of related industries and even the improvement and innovation of the academic ecological environment as a whole.

It is conducive to the innovation and dissemination of knowledge and promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science.

Second, the investigation on the case filing of the knowledge Network releases an important signal of the regular supervision of the platform economy in accordance with the law.

Platform economy is a new organization mode of productive forces and a new momentum of economic development, which plays an important role in optimizing resource allocation, promoting industrial upgrading, expanding consumer market, stabilizing employment and so on.

In recent years, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the standardized governance of the platform economy, and anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies have investigated and dealt with a series of major typical cases in accordance with the law, making great efforts to solve some outstanding competition problems in the field of platform economy, and to promote sustained and healthy development through supervision and regulation.

On April 29, the meeting of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee once again stressed the need to promote the healthy development of the platform economy, complete the special rectification and reform of the platform economy, and implement regular supervision.

Zhiwang is a typical platform enterprise, and its filing and investigation is a specific measure of the CPC Central Committee on the implementation of regular supervision, which is conducive to sending a clear and clear signal to the market. let the market establish a more reliable, stable and sustainable expectation of the rule of law, enhance the self-compliance consciousness of platform enterprises, and guide and encourage platform enterprises to carry out high-level competition through technological innovation and mode innovation.

Constantly improve their core competitiveness.

Through the implementation of regular anti-monopoly supervision, we will continue to purify the competitive environment in the field of the platform economy, optimize the innovation mechanism, and ensure a more healthy and high-quality development of the platform economy, we should give better play to the positive role of the platform economy in promoting scientific and technological innovation and economic prosperity, facilitating people's lives, and participating in international competition.

Third, adhere to the equal emphasis on standardization and development, and take multiple measures to promote the sustained and healthy development of the academic literature database industry.

The fundamental purpose of the anti-monopoly investigation conducted by the General Administration of Market Supervision is to standardize the business behavior of the network, restore the relevant market competition order as soon as possible, fully stimulate market vitality and innovation, and promote the sustained and healthy development of the industry. better protect the interests of consumers and social and public interests.

It is worth noting that standardizing the healthy development of the academic literature database service market requires simultaneous improvement and improvement of relevant mechanisms and measures in many aspects and angles: in terms of management system, we should adhere to systematic thinking and attach equal importance to standardization and development, pay attention to strengthening the overall coordination of industry supervision and anti-monopoly law enforcement, and further strengthen the coordination of competition policy and science and technology policy, scientific research policy and copyright policy.

To form a joint force of regulatory norms and supporting development.

In the aspect of development model, we should actively introduce competition, cultivate competition and support competition in the academic literature database market, break the traditional monopoly of academic data resources, and promote the formation of a pluralistic, sufficient and effective competition pattern. To provide consumers with more and better database services.

In terms of regulatory measures, we should pay attention to the comprehensive use of rigid and flexible step-by-step supervision measures, further strengthen the administrative guidance to intellectual networks and other large databases, supervise and guide them to actively fulfill their social responsibilities, and actively promote data.