A Chongqing driver broke the news: Recently, many Didi drivers have received warnings of punishment for engaging in online car-hailing operations without authorization. Those who received the information were fined a minimum of 10,000 yuan.

Judging from the text messages sent by the fined drivers, the general idea is: if a motor vehicle conducts business activities on the Didi platform without obtaining a business license, it engages in online car-hailing business activities without authorization. It must be processed within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notification, including the order number. It’s all clearly stated.

Most of the drivers who received punishment reminders were drivers who did not have “double certificates”, and someone broke the news that they had ran the car in February. They have not ran through so far, and they have also received information; some drivers have also received more than one fine information. . Judging from the current situation, there are about 10 WeChat QQ groups formed by the drivers after receiving the notice, with the number of each group ranging from 200 to 500, and at least several thousand drivers have received text messages.

Not only in Chongqing, Ma’anshan driver Li Cheng (pseudonym) registered for online car-hailing business for just 3 days. He was impounded for engaging in online car-hailing business activities without a license and faced a fine of 10,000 yuan.

In more than a month, there were 11 online ride-hailing drivers in Ma’anshan City who were known to face the same situation as him. Do not “dual certificate” when registering, and the sports car said it violated the regulations? In recent years, the rise of online car-hailing has brought a lot of convenience to travel. The services of various platforms such as Didi, T3, and Cao Cao have even become the main means of transportation for many people to go to work, and they have also attracted many drivers to stop by. But what puzzles these drivers is that the online car-hailing platform does not require the driver to provide “dual certificates” (“Online Booking Taxi Car Transport Certificate” and “Online Booking Taxi Driver Certificate”) to register normally during registration. At the time of dispatch, there was no indication that the lack of dual certificates was an “illegal operation”, which caused most drivers to be found out of violation after being investigated. Liang Bing of Ma’anshan registered as an online ride-hailing driver on the Didi platform at the end of 2020. He said that after the registration was successful, the platform had prompted that his “online ride-hailing driver certificate” had failed the review, but the platform gave it more than half a year. The “compliance grace period” requires him to apply for uploading an “online car-hailing driver’s license” before June 4, 2021, otherwise “the dispatch of orders will be restricted.” This reminder Liang Bing didn’t take it to heart, “Because I don’t know what my income is, and I don’t plan to run for a long time. Since there is a grace period, I can run and watch first, but I won’t do it.” Liang Bing said, the platform only reminded that it was not uploaded. “Online car hire driver’s license” will affect the dispatch of orders, and there is no notification of the risk of car detention and fines after being investigated. At the time of investigation, the platform showed that Liang Bing still had a 71-day compliance grace period. “If you know I’ll be fined on the road and I won’t run. I made more than 5,000 in three months, and a fine was 10,000. Isn’t this a pitted driver?” When Liang Bing was investigated, the platform showed that there was still a 71-day grace period for compliance Liang Bing also contacted the driver’s hotline of the Didi platform many times, and at the same time reported the situation of the vehicle being investigated on the driver’s platform, but no one has contacted him for resolution. “During the promotion, the platform only said that the registration is simple, the income is high, and it didn’t say what certification is needed. We thought it was legal to be able to take the order.” The driver Li Cheng said that after being investigated, the drivers went to Didi, Ma’anshan together. The outlets asked for an explanation, but it was not resolved. In order not to affect the use of the car, most drivers have paid their own fines. Operating online car-hailing without “dual certificates” will result in a fine of 10,000-30,000 In recent years, with the rapid growth of the online car-hailing market, relevant departments such as the Ministry of Transport have been introducing and adjusting relevant policies. The editor learned that as early as July 2016, seven ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Taxi Booking Service”. To obtain the “Online Reservation Taxi Transport Permit”, the driver who provides services needs to obtain the “Online Appointment Taxi Driver Permit”, referred to as “Double Pass”. In accordance with the above regulations, if anyone engages in online car-hailing business activities without obtaining a business license or in disguised form, the taxi administrative department at or above the county level will order corrections, give a warning, and impose a fine of 10,000 yuan up to 30,000 yuan, which constitutes a crime. , Investigate criminal responsibility in accordance with the law. This regulation will come into effect on November 1, 2016. According to The Paper, the comprehensive transportation administration departments in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou and many other places have stated that the operation of online car-hailing requires “double certificates”, and illegal operations will face the risk of vehicle detention and fines. Driver registration on multiple online car-hailing platforms does not require “double certificates” Although relevant departments made clear regulations on the “dual certificates” for online car-hailing in 2016, some reporters investigated multiple online car-hailing platforms such as Didi Chuxing, Shouqi Chuxing, Cao Cao Chuxing, Ruqi Chuxing, etc., and found In the “driver joining conditions” and “registration information”, there is no mandatory requirement for the “dual certificate”, and some platforms do not even provide risk warnings for the “dual certificate”. in Didi Travel Platform , To register as an online ride-hailing driver only needs to provide four materials: ID card, driver’s license, driving license, and vehicle photo. In the “conditions for joining Didi’s online ride-hailing”, only the age of the driver, the type of driving and the crime Records, license plates, vehicle age, etc. are stipulated, and online ride-hailing drivers are not required to have “dual certificates.” Didi Chuxing does not require “dual certificates” for driver registration, nor does it indicate the risk of undocumented in Shouqi car-hailing driver app Regarding the driver’s joining conditions and vehicle joining conditions, there is no provision or reminder for the “dual certificate”. After the driver meets the basic age, driving experience and other conditions, he only needs to provide his ID card, driver’s license, driving license, and vehicle photo to register. Go through. Shouqi car-hailing drivers did not require “dual certificates” in joining While in Cao Cao Travel On the Cao Cao franchise driver app under its banner, among the materials required for registration of car owners, “Online Car-hailing Practitioner Qualification Certificate” and “Online Car-hailing Transport Permit” are displayed as “optional” status. Drivers can still register normally even if they do not have “dual certificates” ,Orders. In Cao Cao’s driver joining, “dual certificate” is an “optional” option Ruqi travel At present, the channel for special car drivers to join has been stopped, and only the owners of downwind cars are allowed to join. According to the customer service staff of the platform, the platform does not have a “double certificate” requirement for Shunfeng drivers to join. Drivers upload ID cards and other certificates as required on the APP, and they can accept orders after review. If the driver is investigated and punished by the law enforcement agency for being undocumented, he must resolve it by himself. Who gives the drivers an explanation? Now many people have reported the situation to the online car-hailing customer service, but have not received a specific response, and how to deal with it has not been determined. And this large-scale driver has been fined. What responsibilities does the ride-hailing platform bear in this? Why do the relevant departments only fine the drivers and let Didi leave it alone? Has the online car-hailing platform obtained operating permits in the relevant cities? Has the relevant department publicized it? The platform knows that there is no license and the document is illegal, why does it send the driver back to the driver? For most drivers who make a living, the fined money is not a small amount for many people. I hope the platform and society can give them an explanation. Do you have any friends who run online car-hailing? Has anyone received this penalty text message?

2021-06-15 17:54

[Global Network Comprehensive Reporting Reporter Zhao Youping]Hong Kong’s “Singdao.com” and “Dongwang” news. Next Magazine, a subsidiary of Next Media, founded by Li Zhiying, published the birth certificate of Hong Kong artist Cecilia Cheung’s third son the previous year. Editor-in-Chief Mak Jingqing, reporter Zheng Jing and the two companies were charged with violating the “Privacy Ordinance.” When the case was arraigned at the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong today (15th), Next Media, Next Weekly and Mai Jingqing pleaded guilty and were fined 40,000 Hong Kong dollars (approximately RMB 32,988) each, which is a total of 120,000 Hong Kong dollar (approximately RMB 98,964). As for the “Next Weekly” reporter Zheng Jing in the same case, she was allowed to sign conservative behaviors for HK$2,000 (people who are required to sign conservative behaviors must pledge through guarantees to maintain good behavior and abide by the law) for 12 months, and the charge was dropped.

Hong Kong’s “East Net” stated that after Cecilia Cheung gave birth to his third son in 2018, who the father of the child was has attracted media attention. “Next Magazine” obtained the birth certificate of Cecilia Cheung’s young son through an immigration search in 2019, and disclosed the certificate in the report without the consent of the person involved, suspected of violating the “Privacy Ordinance.” Cecilia Cheung later complained that the police had issued a ticket to “Next Magazine” editor-in-chief Mai Jingqing, a reporter involved in the data collection, Zheng Jing, and two companies, saying that they were suspected of having committed “disclosure of data obtained without the consent of the data user.” The crime of personal data” and the “crime of assisting and instigating the disclosure of personal data obtained without the consent of the data user”.

According to Hong Kong’s “Sing Tao” report, the four defendants are Next Media Co., Ltd., Element 5 Digital Limited, the publisher of Next Magazine, Mak Jingqing, the editor-in-chief of Next Week, and Zheng Jing, the reporter. Judge Xu Qiwei said in the case today that this case involves a child’s birth registration information, and no one should arbitrarily disclose it. The victim is a female artist. All life will arouse the interest of movie fans, but there will be no exceptions to the protection of privacy by public figures. , The media has the responsibility and should respect others and protect privacy.

The judge considered that the defendants had pleaded guilty and admitted that they were not sufficiently sensitive to the regulations. They had instructed employees to handle similar incidents carefully in the future, and would publish an apology. They ordered a fine of 40,000 Hong Kong dollars for each of the three defendants, including Mai Jingqing, or a total of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars.

“Dongwang” stated that “Next Magazine” published an apology on its website this afternoon, acknowledging that it had published a copy of the birth registration record belonging to Cecilia Cheung’s relatives, thus infringing on Zhang’s personal privacy and causing trouble to her. “Next Magazine” apologized to Cecilia Cheung for this matter, and stated that it had retracted and deleted relevant reports as early as last year, and would not publish relevant information in the future.

Hong Kong’s “East Net” stated that after Cecilia Cheung gave birth to his third son in 2018, who the father of the child was has attracted media attention. “Next Magazine” obtained the birth certificate of Cecilia Cheung’s young son through an immigration search in 2019, and disclosed the certificate in the report without the consent of the person involved, suspected of violating the “Privacy Ordinance.” Cecilia Cheung later complained that the police had issued a ticket to “Next Magazine” editor-in-chief Mai Jingqing, a reporter involved in the data collection, Zheng Jing, and two companies, saying that they were suspected of having committed “disclosure of data obtained without the consent of the data user.” The crime of personal data” and the “crime of assisting and instigating the disclosure of personal data obtained without the consent of the data user”.

According to Hong Kong’s “Sing Tao” report, the four defendants are Next Media Co., Ltd., Element 5 Digital Limited, the publisher of Next Magazine, Mak Jingqing, the editor-in-chief of Next Week, and Zheng Jing, the reporter. Judge Xu Qiwei said in the case today that this case involves a child’s birth registration information, and no one should arbitrarily disclose it. The victim is a female artist. All life will arouse the interest of movie fans, but there will be no exceptions to the protection of privacy by public figures. , The media has the responsibility and should respect others and protect privacy.

The judge considered that the defendants had pleaded guilty and admitted that they were not sufficiently sensitive to the regulations. They had instructed employees to handle similar incidents carefully in the future, and would publish an apology. They ordered a fine of 40,000 Hong Kong dollars for each of the three defendants, including Mai Jingqing, or a total of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Employees spied on for years Million fine for Ikea in France

Status: 15.06.2021 1:44 p.m.

For years, Ikea had spied out unpleasant employees in France and created customer profiles. Two former managers have now been found guilty – and the furniture store has to pay a fine of more than one million euros. In the process of spying on staff and customers, Ikea was fined one million euros in France. The judges at the court in Versailles found that the French Ikea subsidiary had carried out espionage between 2009 and 2012 to investigate unpleasant employees and create profiles of disgruntled customers. Unions accused Ikea France of fraudulently collecting personal data, particularly through illegally obtained police files, and of divulging personal information without permission. Company lawyers denied that the company had any “general espionage” strategy.

“It’s a symbol”

Abel Amara, a former Ikea employee who helped expose the crackdown, called the ruling a major step in citizens’ defense. “I am glad that there is justice in France,” he said. A trade union lawyer, Solène Debarre, expressed hope that the verdict “will shake some companies”. “A million isn’t much for Ikea, but it’s a symbol,” said Debarre.

December 18, 2017

Private security company took care of the data

The disclosure sheet “Canard enchaîné” reported in 2012 about a systematic spying. The security department of the French Ikea subsidiary commissioned a private security company in 2003 to provide the company with some confidential data on staff and applicants – such as information on possible criminal records or bank statements. Similar information is said to have been requested from customers who were involved in a legal dispute with Ikea. The FO union then filed a complaint against unknown persons about the illegal use of personal data.

Probation and fine

The manager, who was responsible for risk management at the time, admitted in court that 530,000 to 630,000 euros had been allocated annually for such investigations. The instructions to his department had come from the former CEO of Ikea France, Jean-Louis Baillot. This denied the allegations, but was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 euros and two years in prison. Another former responsible received 18 months probation and a fine of 10,000 euros. Of the other 13 defendants, some were acquitted, while others were also given parole. The Swedish group distanced itself from the alleged practices. After the investigation began in 2012, Ikea fired four managers and changed its internal policies. Several civil suits by unions and 74 employees are pending. After the judgment, the company said it had taken note of the decision. You now allow us to look ahead.

Most of the stolen items mentioned above were seized at the airport and ports on the island. According to regional law enacted in 2017, fines for this crime range from $600-3,600. The stolen items will be returned to the beach by the authorities when conditions permit. Since 2017, the government has enacted a law that makes it illegal to take sand from Sardinia’s beaches. The law was enacted to prevent the bad effects of tourists stealing sand and shells when coming to this Mediterranean island. Tourists who steal sand from Sardinia Island (Italy) will be fined. Photo: Traveler. Earlier in September 2020, a French tourist was fined $1,200, equivalent to about VND 27.8 million, for taking sand from this island. According to the Infonet Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean and is an autonomous region of Italy. The island’s idyllic white sands are heavily guarded and any tourists who remove the sand from the beach will face fines of up to $3,550, about $82.3 million. copper, even jail time. It is known that thieves often target beach areas with unusually colored sand, pink or fine white. Accordingly, control measures have become “much stricter” in recent years on this island. Locals and tourists are encouraged to contact the authorities if they see someone taking illegal sand. Truc Chi (th)

Facebook may be fined $ 1.8 million in Israel for “acquiring” 2 companies without permission According to Reuters, Facebook is facing a fine of up to $ 1.8 million for its act of acquiring two Israeli companies, RedKix Inc in 2018 and Service Friend Ltd in 2019 but without approval and violating the law. clause in the Economic Competition Law of Israel. Authorities in the country argue that Facebook has a market share in Israel in excess of 50% and that the group must report transactions and obtain consent before any merger in the country. . The authorities also said that Facebook and Istagram are two exclusive social networks in Israel. Facebook will face a hearing soon and the company will have 60 days to appeal the charges before serving the fine. Talking about this, Facebook has denied allegations of antitrust behavior and said that Facebook is still cooperating with the investigations of the authorities. In addition, Facebook believes that there is no reporting obligation in relation to these transactions and hopes that the competent authorities will come to the right conclusions. Last year, Facebook was also fined by the US federal court up to $5 billion related to data privacy violations and forced Facebook to strengthen privacy protections, provide quarterly report on the implementation of the agreement and the establishment of an independent monitoring board. In Canada, Facebook was also fined $6.5 million by the Competition Bureau for sharing user information with other companies.

Facebooker posting false news is sanctioned for administrative violations Accordingly, at 19h30 on 4-5-2021, Mr. Tran Van Duy used a Facebook page called “Ha Noi Pho” (address: http://www.facebook.com/hanoiphotv) published the information ” Hanoi city is clear on the first day of blockade # hnp # ”with a video about Hanoi street experience on 4-5-2021. This is the content of false information, violating the provisions of Article 5, Decree No. 72/2013 / ND-CP dated July 15, 2013 of the Government on the management, provision and use of Internet services and information on the Internet; Regulations on sanctioning of administrative violations in Point a, Clause 3, Article 90 of Decree No. 15/2020 / ND-CP dated February 3, 2020 of the Government stipulating the sanctioning of administrative violations in the postal sector telecommunications, radio frequency, information technology and electronic transactions. Notably, the Facebook account “Ha Noi Pho” is a personal website set up by Mr. Tran Van Duy through the use of social networks Facebook to provide, share information and culinary experiences at Hanoi. Mr. Tran Van Duy was sanctioned for an administrative violation of VND 12.5 million and forced to remove violating information.

Space Station Skylab was launched by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) in 1973. The agency had planned Skylab to operate for at least 10 years, but that did not happen. The sun radiates more energy than expected, increasing Skylab’s pull back to Earth. Image: NASA . On the night of July 11, 1979, Skylab returned to Earth and exploded over the Indian Ocean, west of Australia. Debris from the 85-ton space station is scattered across fields and small towns. Although no one was injured, the town of Esperance (Australia) fined $ 400 to NASA for littering. However, this agency does not pay. Until 2009, a new radio station in California (USA) paid this fine. Photo: State Library of Western Australia. Not only Skylab, there have been many instances where objects from space fell uncontrollably down to Earth. November 10, 2013, satellite GOCE The European Space Agency (ESA) caught fire and plunged into the Atlantic due to running out of fuel a month ago. According to the Space , GOCE is used to map the Earth’s gravity. Previously, scientists were concerned that the 1-ton satellite could fall to the mainland. Image: Space . Atmospheric Research Satellites (UARS) was launched by NASA in September 1991 with space shuttle Discovery to analyze the Earth’s ozone layer. In December 2005, a satellite weighing 6.5 tons, worth $ 750 million, was stopped by NASA before it fell to Earth in September 2011. While most of the satellites were burned, the remaining 532 kg of UARS fell to Canada, Africa, parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Image: NASA . NASA launches satellites Pegasus 2 weighed 11.6 tons in 1965 to study asteroids orbiting the Earth. The data was sent back to NASA by Pegasus 2 for about 3 years, then kept on orbit for 11 years. On November 3, 1979, the satellite returned to Earth and then exploded, debris plunging down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Image: NASA . Operated for 9 years from 1971 to 1982, Salyut 7 is the last space station in the Salyut program of the Soviet Union. On February 7, 1991, the 22-ton space station lost control, crashing to Earth after a period of time out of orbit while still connected to the Cosmos 1686 spacecraft. Both burned and exploded in the sky. Argentina, some fragments found in Capitan Bermudez region, no human casualties have been reported. Image: Space Age . On February 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia exploded in the sky above Texas (USA) when returning to Earth, killing 7 astronauts. Investigations revealed that 82 seconds after the 100-ton ship took off, an insulating foam fell onto the carbon fiber board, puncturing the hull and damaging the body temperature protection while it was in service. speed 28,968 km / h. Although no one on the ground was injured, the Columbia event marked the second deadliest disaster in NASA’s space shuttle program. Image: NASA . Cosmos 954 , the secret satellite of the Soviet Navy used to spy on US nuclear submarines, launched on September 18, 1977 lost control. On January 24, 1978, a 3.8-ton satellite crashed northwestern Canada, causing radioactive debris to scatter over a large area. The Government of Canada asked the Soviet Union to pay $ 6 million for the search and cleanup campaign, but this country only accepted to pay $ 3 million. Image: NASA . On July 27, 2016, a boosters Long March 7 (Truong Chinh 7) China’s free fall, exploding in the American western skies. The image of a missile-generated light trail in the sky is widely shared on the Internet. The Long March missile chain is part of China’s plan to build an outer space station. Image: Matt Holt . Space Station Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Palace 1) China exploded over the southern Pacific on April 1, 2018. The 8-ton space station was launched in 2011, receiving 2 crew from 2012-2013 before completing the mission. In March 2016, China lost contact with Tiangong 1, allowing the space station to fall freely due to the gravity of the Earth. Image: CMSA . SpaceX’s test missile explodes again when it lands on the launch pad SpaceX’s Starship SN9 rocket landed and exploded on 2/2. This is the first phase prototype of a reusable rocket line that will help send people to Mars.

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Wise things April 22 news, according to foreign media reports, this Wednesday, the European Union’s executive body proposed a bill to restrict the use of some artificial intelligence technologies, and will create a so-called “artificial intelligence high-risk uses list” “Regarding related industries, companies that severely violate the regulations may be fined 6% of their total annual revenue. This is one of the biggest efforts to regulate high-risk applications of artificial intelligence so far.

However, for this proposal to become law, it will take several years to obtain the approval of the European Council and the Parliament, and in the process to make adjustments to its prescribed scope and specific regulatory measures.

In 2018, the new privacy law “General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)” promulgated by the European Union provides a template for widely applicable data supervision rules and is supported by high fines. However, according to the predictions of relevant people, this time The bill does not necessarily have the same effect.

1. It is forbidden for police to use face recognition, but judges can be exempted widely

   The bill directly prohibits some behaviors. As a complement to the social credit system, the proposal will also prohibit the use of “subliminal technology” or artificial intelligence systems that insult the disabled, “distort the behavior of others,” and may cause physical or psychological harm.

   EU officials hope to use the bill to restrict the police from using facial recognition technology.

   Although the police usually cannot use the so-called “remote biometric system” in public places, such as face recognition, the judge can approve immunity, such as child kidnapping, terrorist threats, etc., can also be used to lock out fraud and murder Waiting for the suspect of the crime.

   “The scope of the exemption is incredible,” said Sarah Chander, a senior policy adviser for European Digital Rights, a non-governmental organization network. Such a list “a little bit contrary to the claim of facial recognition. Is the purpose of the ban.”

2. The high-risk artificial intelligence provider “hands in homework”, the bank takes the lead

Providers of artificial intelligence systems used for high-risk purposes need to submit relevant documents to the regulatory agency, in which they specify how their systems work. Margrethe Vestager, the executive vice-chairman of the European Commission (European Commission), the executive body of the European Union, believes that this type of system also needs to be in the design of the system, the way it is used, and the quality of the data used to train artificial intelligence. , Showing “appropriate human supervision.”

Large banks took the lead in introducing their artificial intelligence algorithms to regulators, and the application of these algorithms can help prevent the global credit crisis. According to Andre Franca, former director of Goldman Sachs’ model risk management team and current data science director of artificial intelligence startup causaLens, more companies will eventually adopt the same approach.

For example, Dr. Franka said that in the past 10 years, banks have had to hire teams to help provide regulators with the mathematical code behind their artificial intelligence models, sometimes with more than 100 pages of code per model.

Dr. Franca said that the EU can also send a supervisory team to the company to personally review whether its artificial intelligence algorithms fall into the high-risk categories specified in the proposal, such as systems that recognize faces or fingerprints, and algorithms that may affect personal safety. He also said that the European Central Bank’s regulators often review the codes submitted by banks through several days of seminars.

The EU also stated that the new bill will not establish new regulations for most artificial intelligence applications such as video games and spam filtering. But some low-risk artificial intelligence systems, such as chatbots, need to inform users that they are not real people.

“We have to clearly tell users that they are interacting with a machine,” Westger said.

Deep forgery, that is, software that performs face-changing in the video, also needs to indicate this. Ukraine-based NeoCortext has developed a popular face-changing app, Reface. The company said it is marking it up and will work hard to follow EU guidelines. “For fast-growing start-ups, there is now a challenge that is to regulate the rules.” Neocortext CEO Dima Shvets (Dima Shvets) said.

1. There are divergent opinions, and it will take time for the new bill to come into effect

   Although some digital rights activists appreciate some of the content of this proposal, they say that there seem to be too many loopholes in other content. Others in the industry believe that this proposal will bring advantages to Chinese companies that do not have these restrictions.

   “This will make building artificial intelligence in Europe very expensive and even technically infeasible,” said Benjamin Mueller, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation of a technology think tank. The United States and China will watch with interest the European Union destroying their start-ups.”

   However, some lobbyists in the technology industry believe that the bill is not too strict. It merely imposes strict supervision on certain so-called “high-risk artificial intelligence applications”. These applications include software used in critical infrastructure and police use to predict crime. algorithm.

   Christian Borggreen, vice president and head of the Brussels office of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, believes that “it is a good thing for the European Commission to adopt this risk-based approach.” Computer & Communications Industry associations represent many large technology companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google.

   Julien Cornebise, Honorary Associate Professor of Computer Science at University College London and a former Google research scientist, said that the new regulations will not necessarily have the same impact as the GDPR, which was introduced by the European Union in 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation (General Data Protection Regulation), which restricts a large number of organizations that collect, transmit, retain, or process personal information related to all member states of the European Union.

   “Artificial intelligence is a mobile benchmark,” he said. “Our mobile phones are doing things that were considered’artificial intelligence’ 20 years ago. One risk of the new bill is that it regulates the’artificial intelligence’ The definition is changing, and it may become inapplicable or be eliminated soon.”

   Conclusion: High-risk applications of artificial intelligence urgently need supervision

   In recent years, the European Union has been trying to take the lead in drafting and enforcing new regulations designed to curb the so-called “excessive behavior” of large technology companies and curb the potential dangers of new technologies, covering areas ranging from digital competition to online content review And so on, very extensive. Previously, the EU’s GDPR provided a template for widely applicable regulations, so other countries and some states in the United States have adopted similar practices.

   As Westger said, “Our regulations are designed to address the human and social risks associated with specific uses of artificial intelligence. We think this is urgent. The European Union is the first to propose such a legal framework.” In the future, With the development and wider application of artificial intelligence technology, there may be more

Specifically, with the above violation, Becamex was fined for false declaration of nearly 8.5 billion VND, the late payment of value added tax was more than 2.9 billion VND, the late payment interest of corporate income tax. industry is more than 1.4 billion. Becamex Industrial Development and Investment Corporation was fined and had to pay 57 billion VND. According to the decision of the Tax Department of Binh Duong province, Becamex corporate income tax to be temporarily paid in 2020 is 1.87 billion VND, temporarily not sanctioned for false declaration and late payment interest due to the deadline for the inspection conclusion. time of submission of corporate income tax finalization declarations. Thus, the total amount of fines and tax arrears that Becamex has to pay into the state budget is more than 57 billion VND. In particular, Becamex has fully paid the arrears of corporate income tax and value added tax of 2019 and 2020 into the state budget on February 25. Regarding the business situation, accumulated in 2020, BCM’s net revenue reached 7,723 billion VND, a decrease of 6% compared to the previous year, profit after tax reached 2,149 billion VND, a decrease of 18% compared to 2019. In 2020, Becamex planned Total revenue target is 6,016 billion VND, EAT is 931 billion VND, 40% and 65% lower, respectively compared to 2019. Accordingly, although the business result is lower than 2019, BCM still has completed. successfully exceeded 28% of its revenue target and reached 131% of its profit after tax target. As of 31/12/2020, BCM’s total assets increased by 10.7% compared to the beginning of the year to 48,190.8 billion dong. In which, main assets are inventories reached 24,165.6 billion VND, accounting for 50.1% of total assets; long-term financial investment reached 11,893.5 billion VND, accounting for 24.7% of total assets; Short-term receivables reached 3,655.4 billion VND, accounting for 7.6% of total assets. In the fiscal year, total short-term and long-term loans increased by 2.4% compared to the beginning of the year, corresponding to an increase of VND352.6 billion to 14,900.3 billion and accounting for 30.9% of total capital of BCM. . Thu Ha (Th)

On April 15, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced that it would impose administrative penalties on Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical”) for implementing a monopoly agreement, with a total fine of 764 million yuan.

According to investigations, from 2015 to 2019, Yangtze River Pharmaceuticals reached a fixed agreement with downstream companies such as drug wholesalers and retail pharmacies by signing cooperation agreements, issuing price adjustment letters, and oral notices across the country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions). The agreement on drug resale prices and the minimum resale price of drugs, and measures such as formulating implementation rules, strengthening assessment and supervision, penalizing low-price sales dealers, and entrusting intermediary agencies to monitor online drug prices to ensure the implementation of the agreement.

The State Administration of Market Supervision stated that the above-mentioned actions of Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group ruled out and restricted competition, harmed the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and the public interest, and violated the relevant provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law.

It takes pains to limit the price of medicines, and consumers will pay for it in the end

Specifically, Yangzi Pharmaceutical restricts the prices of drugs sold in retail pharmacies and distributors, including many best-selling products such as Lanqin Oral Liquid, Bailemian Capsules, and Astragalus Extract. These drugs are well-known and popular in people’s lives. Measured by sales revenue in 2019, Lanqin Oral Liquid ranked first in throat drugs, Astragalus extract ranked third in tonic drugs, and Bailemian Capsules ranked fourth in stabilized sleep drugs. These best-selling drugs are precisely the focus of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical’s focus on price-fixing.

In order to supervise the sales staff and distributors to strictly implement the fixed and limited price policy, Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical has taken great pains. Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical has formulated a detailed price control system and dispatched sales personnel from various places to pharmacies to inspect and secretly visit drug prices. For drugs on Taobao, Tmall, and JD online platforms, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical has hired a third-party intermediary company to supervise five key drugs (Lanqin Oral Liquid, Bailemian Capsules, Astragalus Extract, Epalrestat Tablets, Suhuang Cough tablets) online retail prices, and regularly submit online merchants’ price information monitoring and processing results to Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical.

If distributors at all levels, retail pharmacies, etc. do not comply, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical will implement penalties such as deduction of bonuses, internal fines, out of stock, and suspension of reimbursement. At the same time, distributors and retail pharmacies have a certain degree of dependence on these best-selling products, and they have insufficient bargaining power for the fixed and limited price behavior of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical.

Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical’s fixed and limited price behavior seems to be divided from the interests of distributors and pharmacies at all levels, but in fact it raises the price of medicines, and consumers eventually pay for it. The economic analysis takes Shanghai as a sample and simulates the competitive retail prices of some drugs from Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical in 2018 and 2019, and compares them with the actual retail prices and hospital purchase prices in the same period. The results show that this behavior has caused significant drug prices. rise. Statistical analysis shows that the retail channel ex-factory price of Lanqin oral liquid (10ml*6 bottles) from 2015 to 2019 and the average terminal retail price from 2018 to 2020 have shown an upward trend year by year.

However, patients always follow the doctor’s advice or follow the pharmacist’s recommendation when purchasing medicines, so they are not sensitive to the price of medicines and often lose their interests without knowing it.

Anti-monopoly incidents occur frequently in the pharmaceutical field, and national law enforcement and supervision continue to be stricter

Due to the particularity of the pharmaceutical industry, it is difficult to form sufficient market competition from the production and supply of raw materials, the production of pharmaceutical companies and the marketing of pharmaceuticals. A small number of manufacturing companies control the production and supply of APIs. These companies take advantage of market dominance to obtain price dominance, and thus may form a monopoly. At the same time, the current pharmaceutical industry has formed a highly concentrated market pattern, and many pharmaceutical companies secretly manipulate market prices through monopoly agreements, leading to price increases or shortages of drugs.

Fortunately, in recent years, the anti-monopoly law enforcement supervision in the pharmaceutical field has continued to tighten, and news that pharmaceutical companies have been punished due to monopoly has been reported frequently in the industry. In April 2020, the State Administration of Market Supervision imposed administrative penalties on three calcium gluconate API distributors, Shandong Kanghui Pharmaceutical, Weifang Taiyangshen Pharmaceutical, and Weifang Puyunhui Pharmaceutical, for their monopolistic activities, with a total fine of 325.5 million yuan. In January 2021, Simcere Pharmaceutical abused its dominant position in the sales market of China’s Batroxobin concentrate API, and refused to conduct transactions with counterparties without justifiable reasons, ruled out market competition, and was fined 100.7 million yuan. Yuan Renminbi. In April of the same year, Tianyao Co., Ltd. divided the sales market of fluocinolone acetate raw materials in the form of agreement, and changed and fixed the price of fluocinolone acetate raw materials to eliminate competition that restricted the sales of fluocinolone acetate raw materials, and was fined 44,022,600 yuan. .

At the same time, the state has successively introduced a series of measures to strengthen supervision and increase penalties. In 2017, my country issued the “Guidelines for the Price Behavior of Short Drugs and API Operators”, which became the first price monopoly guide for the pharmaceutical industry since the implementation of China’s anti-monopoly law. Subsequently, the “Opinions on Further Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Drugs in Shortage”, “Antitrust Guidelines in the Field of APIs (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)”, etc. In January of this year, the China Chemical Pharmaceutical Industry Association (CPIA) released the latest “Regulations for Compliance Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry”, with anti-monopoly being the focus of it.

It is reported that Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical, which was heavily fined this time, is a leading domestic pharmaceutical company. The “2019 China Pharmaceutical Industry Top 100 List” released by the China Pharmaceutical Industry Information Center shows that Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical ranked first in China’s top 100 pharmaceutical industry that year. Has been ranked first for 6 consecutive years. It is foreseeable that heavy penalties for industry leaders will have a huge deterrent effect on industry monopoly behavior.

It is worth mentioning that, according to Jiemian News, Yangtze River Pharmaceuticals previously reported to the court that four companies, Guangzhou Hairui Pharmaceuticals, Hefei Medical Engineering and Pharmaceuticals, Hefei Enruit Pharmaceuticals, and Nanjing Haichen Pharmaceuticals, were suspected of monopoly of APIs. Prosecute. In April 2020, the first instance of the case was concluded, and Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical was awarded nearly 70 million in compensation. And a year later, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical lost more than ten times the money it had earned by suing others for its monopoly because of its own monopoly.

Before the penalty, the price of the two express delivery items was around 1 yuan this year, which is lower than the industry-recognized cost price of 1.4 yuan per ticket. Chen Tao said, “Now, the price of each order of Jitu and Best has risen to 1.5 yuan and 1.6 yuan. The price is not superior, and the service can’t keep up. We don’t have to.”

Behind the fines of Jitu and Best is the raging price war in the express delivery industry, and Yiwu is the region where the price war is most brutal. The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client previously reported that The express price here was once as low as 80 cents per order. But the impact of the price war is not limited to Yiwu, but radiates across the country. At the end, both the courier and the consumer felt the “adverse reaction” brought about by the price war.

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Extreme Rabbit and Best increased their prices after being fined and were abandoned by their partners

Recently, hot spots in the express delivery industry have emerged frequently. In addition to SF Express’s claim that it expected a huge loss of 900 million to 1.1 billion yuan in the first quarter, it also caused concern that on April 9, the Yiwu Post Office punished two express delivery companies, Jitu and Best, for low-price dumping. Some of the distribution centers of these two express delivery companies in Yiwu were also suspended for rectification.

On April 14th, a salesperson in the Yiwu area of ​​Jitu revealed to a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei that Jitu has four or five distribution centers in Yiwu. Currently, only one of them has been suspended and can be shipped normally without being affected by penalties. “ Now the lowest price of Extreme Rabbit is 1.5 yuan per order, and the above control is very strict, but before the penalty is 1.2 yuan per order, 1.3 yuan. ”

Chen Tao runs a cloud warehouse with a storage area of ​​100,000 square meters in Yiwu. Yuncang can be simply understood as a third-party organization that provides services such as packaging, shipping, and storage to businesses, especially small businesses.

Chen Tao revealed that the price of Jitu before the penalty was 1 yuan per order, which is also the “regular price” of Jitu after the Spring Festival. “Yiwu Post Bureau requires that the unit price of each express company shall not be less than 1.4 yuan, as long as the price of the face order is found to be less than 1.4 yuan, it will be sealed up, whether it is Yuncang or Jitu’s own channels, they dare not report low prices, even if it is No business.”

Under normal circumstances, Yuncang will cooperate with multiple express companies. Chen Tao introduced that, at present, their Yuncang expresses all express delivery except Jitu and Baishi, mainly through YTO. “The quantity of several thousand orders per day, the product weighs several hundred grams, I can give you a price of 1.5 yuan per order. This includes packaging and packaging costs, in fact, the logistics cost is less than 1.4 yuan, we also have some means. If the amount is large and stable in the later stage, there can be some room for it, such as another 5 cents or 1 cent cheaper.” Chen Tao introduced.

Regarding why not to be an extremely rabbit, a hundred, Chen Tao explained that “the two delivery speeds are slow, which affects the ratings of merchants and stores, and customer service spends a lot of time on handling logistics complaints; more importantly, after being fined, the price of Jitu and Best has also increased, which is also 1.5 yuan per order. It’s not cost-effective to use them.”

Another person in charge of a Yuncang Wang in Yiwu revealed to a reporter from Sino-Singapore Jingwei, “There is no express delivery less than 1.4 yuan in Yiwu now. Yuantong, Shentong, Best, Yunda, etc. are 1.6 yuan per order within 300 grams, and the packaging fee is for express bags. An additional 3 hairs and an additional 5 hairs for the carton. Before being punished, the minimum per order for Extreme Rabbit is one yuan, and the minimum for Best is 1.15 yuan per order. Currently I am not doing Extreme Rabbit, and the price of Extreme Rabbit has also increased after being fined, which is not cost-effective. One piece of five or six no one uses Extreme Rabbit.”

As to why Jitu and Best could operate at a price far below the cost price, Chen Tao and the above-mentioned person in charge of Wang agreed that the “killer” is a “subsidy.” “This is more obvious in Jitu. In order to grab market share and order volume, Jitu not only subsidizes merchants, but also subsidizes franchisees.” The person in charge surnamed Wang said.

The above-mentioned Jitu Yiwu regional business staff also confirmed the existence of subsidies to reporters from China-Singapore Jingwei. However, he said that he is not clear about the amount of subsidy for each order. “For regional franchisees, there will be subsidies for completing a certain amount of orders, and the company has established a reward level.”

According to recent media reports, Jitu has completed a US$1.8 billion financing, led by Boyu Capital to invest US$580 million, while Sequoia Capital and Hillhouse also followed suit, with a post-investment valuation of US$7.8 billion. In early April, there were media reports that Jitu plans to conduct an IPO in the United States with a scale of more than $1 billion. However, Jitu did not comment on the above news.

The price war continues, couriers and consumers are “very injured”

Yiwu’s express delivery price war has been around for a long time. Public information shows that Best Huitong launched the “average price sales” strategy in Yiwu in 2013, breaking the balance of the express delivery price market. This trick is very effective, and “four links and one reach” have to adopt a follow-up strategy.

As a result, Yiwu has become a national depression for express delivery prices. For a time, there was a “slaughter price” of “80 cents per order, express delivery nationwide”.

A local business told reporters from Sino-Singapore Jingwei that such a price is basically a loss. But if the price is not reduced, it means that its market share will be occupied by other express companies.

In October 2020, the data released by the Ministry of Transport mentioned that Yiwu’s current express delivery business volume ranks first in the country. In March 2021, Yiwu Post Office disclosed that in January and February alone, express delivery companies in Yiwu completed more than 1.1 billion express orders, a year-on-year increase of 154.6%.

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Although the situation of “8 hairs nationwide” is no longer seen in Yiwu, many industry insiders revealed to the Zhongxin Jingwei reporter that even though the lowest price of Yiwu Express now comes to 1.5 yuan and 1.6 yuan per order, because this price includes packaging , Packing costs, the actual cost left for express transportation is less than 1.4 yuan, and the price war continues.

The price war is also intuitively reflected in the monthly single ticket revenue announced by listed express companies. According to data released by the State Postal Administration in March, the average unit price of the express delivery industry in January and February of 2021 decreased by 20.2% year-on-year, and the revenue per ticket of other members of the “Tongda Department” of Yunda, Yuantong, and Shentong decreased year-on-year in January and February. The amounts were 24.2%, 15.6%, and 19.7% respectively.

The “adverse reaction” brought by the express price war to the end of the logistics is obvious.

Chen Tao revealed that since the end of the Chinese New Year, the express delivery of Jitu and Best from Yiwu to many places across the country has been suspended. “Currently, Jitu is suspended in parts of 17 provinces and cities, and Best is part of 23 provinces and cities. Areas stop shipping.” Chen Tao explained that for normal express shipments out of Yiwu, the delivery fee at the end outlets is 1 yuan per order, but when the price of Jitu and Best is a few cents per order, the delivery fee is only 3 per order. Dime, many outlets will not accept Jitu and Best express mails from Yiwu.

According to a table provided by Chen Tao, since the Spring Festival, Best Express shipments from Yiwu to many regions across the country have been suspended, such as the Economic Development Zone in Hefei City, Anhui Province, Shushan District, Feixi County, and Binzhou City, Shandong Province. Five areas in the urban area, etc., and the reasons for the suspension of distribution were “abnormal outlets and severe express delivery” except for the impact of the epidemic.

The above-mentioned person in charge surnamed Wang also told the China-Singapore Jingwei reporter that Baishi and Jitu do have areas to stop shipping, “the outlets do not accept shipments from Yiwu because of the low cost.”

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According to a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei, Under normal circumstances, a courier earns 1 yuan per order, a skilled courier can deliver about 200 orders a day, and a novice can deliver about 100 orders a day. According to Chen Tao, “The delivery fee for Jitu and Best Express from Yiwu is only 3 cents per order”, which means that the courier delivers the same amount of express, but the income is reduced by one third.

However, the above-mentioned Jitu Yiwu regional business staff said, At present, Jitu has only failed to achieve coverage in a minority position in the country, and there is no such thing as a suspension of distribution. China-Singapore Jingwei reporters called Best Yiwu Nanxiazhu branch several times on the 15th for verification, and no one answered the manuscript as of press time.

For consumers, this “adverse reaction” is directly reflected in the failure of express delivery, no notification, slow delivery, and so on.

Recently, Mr. Tao in Fengtai District, Beijing, without receiving a call or SMS notification from the courier, accidentally discovered that he had a package delivered by a certain express delivery that had been signed for, and the signee indicated “door”, but Mr. Tao did not arrive home. After finding the package, I contacted the courier and learned that the delivery address was Mr. Tao’s previous address.

There are not a few express-related complaints on the Black Cat complaint platform. For example, the keyword search results for “express delivery without notification” were 885, and the keyword search results for “express delivery without notification” were 218. Among them, there are many complaints such as “delivering the courier to the express supermarket without my consent” and “the courier directly releases the delivery station without notifying the customer during the delivery of the courier”.

An insider of a courier company told a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei that the courier did not get the consent of the recipient, filling in the signer as “door” or placing the parcel at the door without authorization. This is an irregular delivery. The platform will respond to the express after receiving a complaint. Punishable by the officer.

When will the express price war cease?

Zhao Xiaomin, an express logistics expert and CEO of Guanshuo Enterprise Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., said in an interview with a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei that a long-term price war will bring a vicious circle that will damage consumers and couriers. “Price wars will inevitably bring about fluctuations in express delivery outlets, which means that the end of express delivery is unstable. The direct response is the decline in the income of the couriers and the decline in service quality, and ultimately the loss of users.” Zhao Xiaomin said.

When will the price war end? CITIC Securities predicted in a report that the fierce price war will continue throughout 2021. “Before the general pattern of the industry is determined, any price truce will prove to be invalid.”

Lai Meisong, chairman of Zhongtong Express, said at the end of 2020 that with the progress of the differentiation of express delivery companies, the “price war” will slow down and even an inflection point will appear. As for when the turning point will come, Lai Meisong believes that it will still depend on the market input of leading companies’ production capacity, but “this point of time will not wait too long.”

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Zhao Xiaomin predicts that the price war in the express delivery industry will come to an end at the end of the second quarter of 2021. “It is mainly based on the analysis of the changes in the market share of express delivery companies. At present, there is no greater improvement. At the same time, the instability of terminal outlets and couriers caused by price wars has seriously affected the user experience.” Zhao Xiaomin said, “Price wars At a certain stage, there will be a critical point. For example, express delivery companies continue to cut prices, and business volume does not rise but decline; for example, the number of outlets fluctuates more and more, and the loss of control is a sign of the arrival of the critical point of the price war.” China-Singapore Jingwei APP)

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On April 9, Jitu was fined for dumping at a low price and rushed to the top search list on Weibo. On the same day, Yiwu Post Administration issued a warning letter to Jitu, stating that Jitu Distribution Center and multiple express mail processing sites had potential safety hazards. Yiwu Post Administration had notified Jitu four times and warned that “Do not use far “Dumping at a price lower than cost”, but Jitu has not rectified as required, so it sent a letter requesting it to make rectification.

Jitu Express was previously considered to be a Pinduoduo department. After it was punished, Pingduoduo issued a statement on April 12, clarifying that it has no special cooperation or investment relationship with Jitu Express. At the same time, in the process of developing customers for some of the Super Rabbit Express outlets, the staff distributed to the merchants “Pinduoduo orders can be exempted from false delivery related penalties and the probability of being penalized is low”, “There are Pinduoduo investment, If the two parties have a special cooperative relationship” and other false information, Jitu Express will be punished by increasing the margin for business cooperation.

According to media reports, in March, Jitu Express adopted a strategy of strong subsidies. As a result, the price of Yiwu Express delivery was hit below 1 yuan. Small items with a daily shipment of more than 10,000 pieces can be delivered at 1 yuan, which is the lowest in quality. Can do 8 cents. (Text | Qiao Yu of AI Finance and Economics Agency)