2201 Problematic Websites Being Closed by SAIC

In the second half of 2014, the State Administration for Industry & Commercial of PRC (SAIC) launched the “2014 Red Shield Sword Action” special project, in order to further improve the supervision efficiency of the commodities online trading, comprehensively strengthen the regulation for the commodities online trading behavior, purify the environment of online shopping and protect the legal interests of consumers and operators. According to the statistics, SAIC inspected 1,330,000 websites and online stores through the Internet, examined 190,000 websites operators on the spot, deleted 36,000 illegal commodity information, ordered to rectify 14,000 websites, closed 2201 problematic websites, investigated and dealt with 7746 illegal cases, and totally fined 113 million yuan. It is reported that “2015 Red Shield Sword Action” special project will attach more attention to the supervision of online trading platform, proceed to reinforce the regulation of the network market order and constantly purify the online market environment. In addition, SAIC released ten typical cases investigated and dealt with during the “2014 Red Shield Sword Action.”