Pomegranate fast comments 丨 sitting on the ground and starting price can not be allowed

Yue Yanyun

Cucumbers rose from 1.2 yuan/kg to 12 yuan/kg for a few days; tomatoes with a price of 4.8 yuan/kg, the sales price was 8 yuan/kg ... After the epidemic in this round, the media exposed some operators to the harsh price of sitting on the ground and starting the price. act.

The epidemic is aggressive, and the prevention and control work mostly requires the unity of the whole society. Maintaining the basic stability of prices is an important part of the prevention and control of the epidemic. And individual businesses regarding the epidemic as a "business opportunity" have completely lost their sense of business ethics and social responsibility. They are not only unyielding, but also touch the legal red line.

Law enforcement officers in the Urumqi Economic Development Zone (Tutun River District) Market Supervision and Administration are inspecting the market. Picture source Urumqi Evening News

According to the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Administrative Penalty Regulations on Price Illegal Actions", operators must not have colluded with each other, manipulate market prices, fabricate, distribute price increase information, coax up prices, and promote excessive rise in commodity prices. For those who violate them, they may confiscate illegal income and punish them, or order to suspend or revoke licenses. Those with severe circumstances are also suspected of constituting illegal business crimes.

At present, Urumqi and other places are still in temporary static management. Some merchants sitting on the ground not only increase the cost of living and stimulate the people's indignation, but also cause social panic and affect the overall situation of the epidemic prevention and control. It must be strictly punished and will be punished quickly. , To form a warning deterrence.

Recently, the administrative penalties of a number of merchants who raised their prices on a number of wantonly raised prices, confiscated illegal income, and revoked their business licenses. Among them, four shops in Urumqi were fined 250,000 yuan to give those bad merchants sitting on the ground. The alarm bell was knocked.

Legal dignity cannot be violated, and the situation of the epidemic prevention and control cannot be destroyed. Heavy fists and fierce hands, increase supervision in accordance with the law, and let the merchants who seek unrighteous wealth pay a heavy price, which will definitely create a good market and social environment for us to unite and "epidemics".

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