Home / Business / Business Highlights Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Microsoft: We have no monopoly in China
Adjust font size:

"Genuine Microsoft products have a very low market share in China, therefore Microsoft doesn't even have the preconditions of conducting monopoly activities in China," said Zhang Yaqin, vice-president of Microsoft and board chairman of Microsoft China, the Economic Observer reported on Tuesday.

As to accusations from its market rivals regarding high product prices, Zhang said Microsoft operates differential price structures in different regions, and its prices in China are among the lowest.

Zhang's remarks came in response to a lawsuit filed by Chinese lawyer Dong Zhengwei.

On July 31, Dong submitted a petition calling on the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC), and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), to open an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft, and requesting that a fine of US$1 billion be imposed on the US software producer.

On August 21, the NDRC sent a formal notice to Dong, saying that his petition had been officially accepted and assigned to the price monitoring department of the NDRC.

For more details, please read the complete story in Chinese:

(http://www.eeo.com.cn/industry/it_telecomm/2008/08/26/111643.html)

(China.org.cn by Yan Pei, August 26, 2008)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- Microsoft likely to face anti-monopoly lawsuit in China
- Specific guidelines set for new Anti-Monopoly Law
- Anti-monopoly commission set up
- Anti-monopoly law takes effect
Most Viewed >>
- CREA denies housing boost report
- Auto China 2008 staged in Beijing
- China's ICBC world's most profitable bank
- Sinopec 1H net profit drops 73.4%
- China prefers a two-way fluctuation in yuan appreciation
- Output of Major Industrial Products
- Investment by Various Sectors
- Foreign Direct Investment by Country or Region
- National Price Index
- Value of Major Commodity Import
- Money Supply
- Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Reserve
- What does the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement cover?
- How to Set up a Foreign Capital Enterprise in China?
- How Does the VAT Works in China?
- How Much RMB or Foreign Currency Can Be Physically Carried Out of or Into China?
- What Is the Electrical Fitting in China?