Are the small shops in each area prosperous, and are the fireworks strong? In the past, city managers could only understand through coarse-grained statistics or organizing on-site visits. Now, through the “Small Store Index” module of the “Meituan City Digital Signs System”, city managers can clearly perceive At present-in Huangpu, Putuo and other areas, the index of small shops in supermarket convenience, fresh fruit, snacks and catering is more than 60% higher than other districts; while small shops in the leisure and entertainment field are the top three fastest-growing districts They are Chongming, Qingpu and Baoshan, which demonstrate the huge growth potential of urban economic development.

A good life in the city is a huge proposition. It is closely related to everyone living in the city. It is more than a small shop, a breakfast full of vitality and within reach, a shared bicycle that is convenient for green travel, and even home. The parks at the gates and the activities held by urban commercial bodies are all microscopic components of the nerve endings of a good life. If the fresh social data can feed back to the government, it will become a new supplement to the digital governance of the market.

On June 10, Shanghai City Operation Digital Sign 1.0 was officially launched. Just today, Meituan and the Shanghai Institute of Digital Governance released in Shanghai the country’s first digital platform for life services in the field of government affairs-“Meituan City Digital Sign System”, which will be connected to the “Shanghai City Operation Digital Sign System” “Based on Meituan’s consumption, evaluation data and practice accumulation in the field of life services, through observation of urban consumption such as catering and entertainment, as well as life service modules such as the operation of small stores, it empowers city operation and management and helps create a quality life.

The fastest data update can be synchronized with the real scene in real time

The “Meituan City Better Life Digital Sign System” released this time is based on Meituan’s practice in the field of life services under the guidance and help of the Shanghai Urban Transport Center, and draws on the experience of the Urban Transport Center in the field of digital governance of super large cities. , Which took more than a year to explore together.

In terms of coverage, the digital signs of a good life in the city cover more than 200 sub-categories in 6 categories, including food, lodging, travel, shopping, and entertainment; at the level of consumption scenarios, search, browse, order, and evaluation form complete consumption. Closed-loop windows, through the supply-demand relationship model, build a healthy supply-demand ecology; at the geographic level, it can be refined to streets and business circles, and run through the various units of urban management vertically, achieving macroscopic view, manageable at the end, and breaking barriers horizontally through inter-regional comparison And mobile insights to help fine-tune urban governance. At present, the data update on the system can be synchronized with the real scene in real time at the fastest.

Meituan Bicycle, the most familiar to Shanghai citizens, converts the number of kilometers that citizens ride on shared bicycles daily into actual figures for reducing carbon emissions in the “Bicycle Riding Heat Map” module. The reporter saw that in the data released on the day of release, the number of kilometers that Shanghai citizens rode on a bicycle that day, if converted into a private car trip, is equivalent to replacing about 160,000 trips with a private car, and the calories consumed by cycling is equal to about 240,000. The calories of a burger or 1.46 million xiaolongbao.

Not only that, the data in the field of transportation capacity distribution provides an effective reference for city managers to solve the “last mile” of citizens’ travel. Li Jiao, head of big data products at Meituan City, gave an example. When a company launches shared bicycles, it may place 8 cars at exit 1 of a certain subway station and 2 cars at exit 2 according to the traffic volume. Changes in the weather and an important meeting may change the use of shared bicycles. With the help of government public data and open resources, shared bicycles will become more “smart”, which will be based on passenger flow at rail stations, weather changes, etc. The data adjusts the number of vehicles delivered. Citizens’ evaluation of public service places can also become an important reference for city managers to improve their management level. The reporter saw that the “Resident Evaluation” module in the “Meituan Digital Signs System for a Better Life in Cities” is to analyze the natural evaluations of users on the POI pages of urban public services such as parks and stadiums collected by Meituan to encourage citizens to actively participate. Urban governance practices the concept of “People’s Cities and People’s Construction” to highlight the temperature of the city. Taking the park as an example, the evaluation can help the park learn about the inadequacies in fee admission, service management level, park facilities richness, environmental beauty, convenience facilities perfection, transportation convenience, etc., and provide reference for its refined construction and operation . In addition, Meituan takes advantage of the full business chain coverage of the life service industry of “food, lodging, travel, shopping and entertainment”. Through comprehensive and detailed data, it can not only fully present the development of the regional life service industry, but also provide a window for research in sub-fields. Taking catering as an example, in addition to understanding the overall consumption situation of the catering industry, research can also be carried out by subdividing catering categories such as hot pot, coffee, and milk tea. The “Meituan City Better Life Digital Sign System” also refers to the “Excavator Index” in the industrial field, and uses the Milk Tea Index, Coffee Index and other popular specialties in cities. The data shows that Shanghai’s coffee consumption index is 2.4 times that of 35 cities (30 provincial capitals/municipalities + 5 cities specifically designated in the national plan). Empowering city operation and management with fresh enterprise data This year, Shanghai issued opinions on comprehensively advancing the digital transformation of Shanghai’s city, and proposed strengthening system integration and overall improvement. According to Xu Huili, deputy director of the General Office of the Municipal Government and director of the Municipal Urban Transport Center, the digitalization of life and the digitalization of governance are both important parts of the digital transformation of cities, and through the exploration of professional fields, fresh enterprise data can empower city operation and management , Repeating the needs of urban citizens in daily life, has become a new force in the operation of the “one network unified management” of cities. Today, Meituan also demonstrated other explorations in the field of life services. For example, based on Meituan’s consumer review data, we will promote social co-governance of food safety. Meituan has more than 1,000 engineers working on AI, and has applied technological innovations to back kitchen monitoring, warehouse temperature control, food seal recognition, intelligent meal cabinets, unmanned delivery vehicles, and other scenarios. Support the upgrading of products and services in the field of life services through the digitalization of the offline economy. Through industrial cooperation, the further exploration of innovative solutions for food safety technology is also what Meituan has been exploring in recent years. Last year, Meituan launched the first food safety technology innovation platform activity, soliciting food safety technology innovation solutions for the whole society in warehousing, cooking and processing, takeaway delivery, dine-in dining, etc., and mobilizing more people to care about and participate in food safety governance and Industry sustainability work. “Food safety work is not just a business for an enterprise, but also requires the extensive participation of all sectors of society and all stakeholders, co-governance and sharing. Food safety work is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It is more reflected in daily food safety risk monitoring, In terms of evaluation and management,” the relevant person in charge of Meituan introduced, “Meituan has also been exploring to link industry partners to jointly sum up and precipitate good food safety management experience, and form standards and norms that the industry abides by.” “One of the basic elements of Shanghai’s urban operation’One Network Management’ is to use real-time online data to help city managers observe the society, perceive needs, and cognitive laws, so as to better meet the needs of the masses and solve problems efficiently.” Xu Huili said, After Meituan’s exploration in the life service industry is empowered by the urban transportation system, it will effectively help city managers find problems in a more timely and accurate manner, connect needs, study the situation, prevent risks, and accumulate more energy for good governance in big cities. Author: Xu Jinghui Editor: Zhang Tianchi *Wenhui exclusive manuscript, please indicate the source for reprinting

Takeaway rider, a profession that has been repeatedly discussed in the past two years. They go in the wind and rain, picking up “steel G children” in the local living market, but it seems that their personal safety and welfare protection cannot be effectively guaranteed. In September last year, a report on “Takeaway Riders Stuck in the System” sparked discussions across the Internet. The article describes that the takeaway riders are exhausted under the drive of the system algorithm. In order to avoid being fined for delayed delivery, the takeaway riders often violate traffic regulations and face the risk of traffic accidents. At that time, Meituan responded that it would better optimize the system, better protect the safety of riders, care for riders and their families, and improve the rider reward model. A revolution is going on around the way the merchants distribute the rake. Recently, Meituan has been exposed to adjust the merchant-side delivery billing method, from the original “one size fits all” commission, refined into a comprehensive commission based on delivery distance, order price, and delivery time. Although there is no official announcement for this adjustment, All Weather Technology has learned from some merchants that the first- and second-tier cities covered by Meituan Food Delivery have been gradually adjusted, and some merchants in third- and fourth-tier cities are also aware of the changes and will be adjusted soon. As for the reason and basis of the specific adjustment, the official has not yet provided an explanation, but from the notice issued by Meituan to the merchants, the adjustment is mainly “in response to the general merchants’ belief that the platform commission is too high, the billing is unreasonable, and the client delivery fee is high. “. Regarding Meituan’s new regulations, Runmi Consulting founder Liu Run believes that the new rules separate commissions and distribution fees, which can support small and medium businesses and help riders get more work. Meituan said to All Weather Technology that the reform of rate transparency has no impact on users. In the industry, not only Meituan, but also Ele.me has been exposed to carry out commission reforms, which are divided into fixed and floating parts. Similar to Meituan, the floating part will be charged in steps such as delivery distance and order price. What does this adjustment mean for all participants in the industry-riders, merchants, platforms, consumers, etc.? Merchants rush to welcome new regulations Chen Jie is the owner of an offline coffee shop in Guangzhou. Although his business is not as good as that of large chain brands, he is still a small success in the local area. The outbreak of the new crown epidemic in early 2020 brought Chen Jie’s coffee shop to a standstill, forcing him to find a new way out-moving his business online and connecting to a food delivery platform. Soon, he signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the Meituan food delivery platform, and the order commission ratio was set at 16%. This means that Chen Jie can only open stores on one platform of Meituan Waimai, and cannot open stores on other platforms such as Ele.me. According to Chen Jie, this rake ratio has already been discounted. “If it is not an exclusive (agreement), the rake ratio will reach 21 points.” Fortunately, Meituan’s local market share still has a relatively obvious advantage, which has benefited Chen Jie a lot. “If you sell 300 cups of coffee every day, about 150-200 cups of coffee will be sent from the Meituan takeaway platform.” Chen Jie is paying more and more attention to online platform sales. But in the last half month, Chen Jie suddenly received a call from the business manager of Meituan’s food delivery platform, and was told that the distribution commission would be adjusted “from the original 16% to 6%”. It sounds like the platform makes a big profit, “but it’s actually not the case. It charges fees in other ways.” Chen Jie said. According to a “refined billing model plan” after the adjustment of Meituan Takeaway provided by him, this adjustment is mainly to split the previous “package fee policy” into two “technical service fees” and “performance service fees”. Each part, especially the “performance service fee” is divided in detail according to the delivery distance, order price, and delivery time. Meituan Food Delivery Refined Billing Model Solution You should know that the Meituan takeaway platform used to have a single and fixed commission method. The commission calculation formula is: (commodity price + packaging fee-activity intensity) * percentage of sampling point = commission. If the actual cost does not reach the guarantee fee, the platform will charge the guarantee fee. According to public information, the previous service fee guarantee for Meituan’s food delivery platform ranges from 3.5 yuan to 5.5 yuan. not difficult to see, The new regulations have implemented a lower commission rate for technical service fees. Once merchants adopt self-distribution methods, they only need to pay technical service fees to the platform. The minimum guarantee fee is more than 1 yuan, which is significantly lower than before; but for merchants who choose platform delivery, they need to pay the technical service fee to the platform. On the basis of the technical service fee, the performance service fee rules are followed. The latter will charge more for special orders such as 3 kilometers away and late at night. All-weather Technology also found that the adjusted Meituan takeaway business technical service fee ratio, the starting price of kilometers, and the charges per kilometer for more than 3 kilometers, there are certain differences in different regions. Comparison of refined billing schemes in different regions of Meituan Takeaway Soon after receiving the call from the business manager, Chen Jie had signed a new cooperation agreement with the platform and accepted the rule adjustment of Meituan Takeaway. But recalling the whole process, he was actually a little confused, and he didn’t even understand the specific calculation rules carefully. “He (the business manager) called me to sign in the past. He only mentioned that the deduction point would be a little lower than before, but didn’t elaborate. Many merchants signed the contract directly when they were busy.” Chen Jie said that he was in business. If the manager is required to sign after the notification, the Meituan takeaway has a high market share in the region and the merchants are also relatively dependent on the platform, so they will basically cooperate with the contract. After the new regulations came out, Chen Jie felt that although the store business has not been greatly affected, the order volume is basically stable whether it is within three kilometers or three kilometers away, but the actual receipt of orders beyond three kilometers has probably been reduced by a few cents. To a dollar, and the fees that need to be paid to the platform as a percentage of turnover are also increasing. From March 22 to April 20, 2021, the turnover of Chen Jie’s store was nearly 40,000 yuan, and the expenditure was about 10,000 yuan; and within 30 days as of May 20, 2021, the turnover of its store was close to 70,000 yuan , The expenditure exceeds 20,000 yuan. He mentioned that the monthly turnover increased, and the actual store order volume dropped by 2 orders from the previous month. What puzzled him was that the original “lower deduction” did not happen. According to calculations based on the specific data provided by Chen Jie, the proportion of fees he needs to pay to the platform in the turnover has increased from 26.12% in the previous stage to 30.08%. Some analysts believe that this rate change will benefit small and medium businesses, and most of the short-distance order rates will drop. In the case provided by Meituan to All-weather Technology: Take the Zhengzhou local brand “Prince in Love with Shrimp” as an example. Previously, a merchant with a unit price of 99 yuan for a “Heartbeat Meal for Two” had to pay a commission of 17.29 yuan. After the rate adjustment, under the same order, if the merchant chooses to deliver it by itself , Only need to pay 6.84 yuan technical service fee (commission), the commission rate is only 6.9%. If the merchant chooses Meituan delivery, if it is within the standard delivery range, the technical service fee (commission) and the performance service fee add up to approximately 14.24 yuan, which is a savings of 18% compared to before the adjustment. More businesses seem to be staying on the “wait and see” status of this adjustment. No one can say that the new regulations may have a long-term impact on them, and some even show a negative attitude. Li Wen runs a coffee shop in Foshan City, Guangdong Province that also serves Western food. Unlike Chen Jie who mainly develops online business, he only uses online as a channel for exposure and customer acquisition. Even after signing an exclusive cooperation agreement with Meituan, Li Wen revealed that the revenue from the Meituan takeaway platform accounts for less than 1/10 of the total store revenue. “I heard that the platform has adjusted distribution, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.” In Li Wen’s view, the platform adjustment must have been raised. In the end, it must be the merchants who pay for the payment, not the consumers. In fact, All Weather Technology learned from the consumer side that the meal delivery fee on the Meituan takeaway platform is suspected to have also been adjusted. Comparison of orders at 9 a.m. on February 23 vs. 9 a.m. on May 24 An order provided by a Meituan Waimai Shanghai user showed that in a rice noodle shop within 3 kilometers of him, multiple orders were placed in the morning, midday and evening in January and February this year, and the delivery fee was all 3 yuan. The subsidy activities were directly reduced and exempted; and when the order was placed again in May, the distribution fee rose to 4.5 yuan, and the subsidy activities still had to be paid 1.5 yuan. Is this a platform action or a business behavior? Meituan made it clear that the platform’s rate transparency reform has no impact on users. Millions of riders benefit? In the food delivery industry chain, the main players can be roughly divided into merchants, consumers, platforms, and riders. Regarding the commission adjustment, many riders told All Weather Technology that they did not feel the “benefits”, but actually felt that their income had declined since last month. The Meituan financial report shows that in 2020, a total of 48.7 billion yuan will be spent on riders, and more than 4.7 million riders will earn revenue on the Meituan platform. According to the categories, Meituan riders can be classified into three categories: special delivery, crowdsourcing, and running. According to the introduction of many platform takeaway riders, the delivery riders are regular employees and have labor relations with third-party platforms. The salary is settled according to the method of “basic salary + single-quantity pricing + rewards and punishments”. They are the guarantee of platform delivery efficiency and service quality. Crowdsourcing riders can be understood as part-time employees, mainly composed of social idle capacity, and only relying on order volume to get paid. According to Meituan’s official disclosure of “Lepao Network Appointment Distributor Activity Rules,” Lepao riders use a natural week as a single activity cycle, and the contract can be automatically renewed after the expiration meets the requirements of the distributor. Salary is calculated based on activity requirements such as order volume, online duration, peak online duration, punctuality rate, and order completion rate. A rider told All-weather Technology that Lepao delivery personnel are actually between dedicated riders and crowdsourced riders. There is a certain degree of freedom, no basic salary, and no grading rewards for ordinary online delivery personnel. From the perspective of the scope of distribution, the special delivery scope is small, and the crowdsourcing delivery scope is large; from the perspective of stability, the special delivery is the most stable rider, and special circumstances and extreme weather need to obey the platform dispatch arrangement. Even a special delivery rider with a basic salary does not dare to relax, and must complete the time and ensure the order quantity. In mid-May, Shanghai has begun to welcome the rainy season. The continuous rainy weather and rising orders have increased Guo Dong’s work intensity, but he can’t stop. “We (special riders) can’t stop taking orders, we can only transfer orders. .” According to regulations, Meituan special riders can have three big turns and two small turns every day. The so-called “big transfer” refers to transferring the order to the Meituan takeaway rider platform to wait for others to take the order; “small transfer” refers to the direct transfer of the order by entering the mobile phone number between the familiar riders. Guo Dong will only transfer orders when he encounters special circumstances or is too tired. This year is Guo Dong’s third year in Shanghai. He is already familiar with the area he is responsible for. He can complete more than 50 orders per day on average, and he will not be fined for personal reasons. As long as the goals and tasks are completed, Guo Dong’s monthly income is not a problem. But in Guo Dong’s view, the takeaway rider is a job that does not make money. “The money is made by dozens of people in the top rankings.” He reluctantly stated that if there are 100 people on a site, only 30 people at most can make money, “the remaining fine will be punished to death.” At the same time, Guo Dong also deeply felt that the mobility of riders is very high, and most riders will leave in the first half of the year. “The site where I work is 365 days a year and I can see new recruits every day.” Shen Jun and Guo Dong are colleagues at the same site. Although they have only been here for more than a month, they are “elders” in the industry. On a rainy day two years ago, Shen Jun encountered a car accident on the way to deliver food. His calf was severely injured and the treatment cost was about seven or eight thousand yuan. “The company doesn’t care about it and shirks its responsibilities. I pay for the medical expenses.” Shen Jun complained that the company’s insurance didn’t work at all, because this incident was very disappointing to the company. In fact, the special rider pays accident insurance money every month. Guo Dong revealed that the insurance premium for Meituan’s special riders is 6 yuan/day, and the insurance premium for crowdsourcing riders is about 3 yuan/day. But he also said that even if everyone has paid the insurance, they still face the difficulty of indemnity. The safety and welfare of takeaway riders have also attracted attention from all walks of life. Especially last year, after a round of media reports and public opinion condemnation, relevant local life service platforms have stated that they will make changes. On the eve of May Day, Meituan’s “One Boat Plan” for riders has made new progress. Meituan stated that in order to broaden the career development space for riders, the platform has improved the rider promotion and transfer mechanism, and further opened up distribution station masters, partner management posts, customer service, trainers and other positions; in order to enhance the experience of children with severely ill riders, in the original On the basis of some public welfare assistance funds, two new assistance policies have been added: “Green Channel for Appeal and Review” and “Baby Companion Day”. According to All Weather Technology learned from a site in Shanghai, starting from April 1 this year, the Meituan Special Rider Salary Program has also ushered in a round of adjustments. But on the whole, the target for rider responsibility orders has increased, supper subsidies have fallen, and the threshold for large and weight subsidies has increased. The rider said that the average salary per order is actually declining. If you want to maintain the previous salary level, all you can do is complete more orders. Compared with the delivery fee of less than RMB 10 per order, the penalty faced by the rider is not low. According to the latest penalty rules obtained by All Weather Technology, the platform will assess the riders from five aspects: bad reviews, overtime, order cancellation, early delivery, and other punishments. The penalty is as high as 500 yuan/ single. Penalty Rules for Riders of Meituan Takeaways at a Shanghai Site In addition, the above-mentioned sites have also issued administrative rules. If riders are late for the morning meeting, absent from work, smile action (spot checks and tests on riders by the platform, and require wearing work clothes, wearing badges and helmets to take photos), they will be caught. Punishment. Administrative Punishment Rules of Meituan Takeaway Special Riders at a Shanghai Site In the past April, Shen Jun worked for 30 days and the average daily order volume exceeded 40 orders. Due to serious overtime and other problems, he also received a fine that was several tens of times the fee for a single order. In the end, the average was only about 8.15 yuan per order, and the actual salary was less than 9,500 yuan. Former Meituan takeaway rider Tian Xia also told All Weather Technology that when he was a rider (in the summer of 2020), because he was not familiar with the road and the platform was far away, he not only ran through many red lights, but also because He was fined by the platform for overtime; as the business became familiar, he was able to receive multiple orders at the same time, did not run the red light or speed, and the punctuality rate remained 100%. But he believes that it is still “difficult and difficult” to earn more than 10,000 yuan. Or will the platform be under more pressure? As of about 8 pm on May 23, Shen Jun had already ran 61 orders that day, but he still couldn’t stop, and the station was still sending him tasks. But as a special rider, he couldn’t refuse to take orders. “There is no way if the site is not forced, because everyone can’t stand it (don’t want to take orders). Just like rainy days without subsidies, it’s easy to run hard,” Shen Jun said. Under the dual effects of algorithm-driven and spontaneous ordering, takeaway riders have become one of contemporary high-risk occupations – In September 2018, the Guangzhou Traffic Police investigated and punished nearly 2,000 traffic violations of takeaway riders; Tian Xia learned by querying the insurance section of the Meituan crowdsourcing app that as of August 2020, 157,483 people had passed the insurance products on the Meituan Takeaway Riders App. The claims were settled, and the total compensation was 1.13 billion yuan. Thousands of courier brothers are pursuing delivery timeliness and delivery orders at the cost of safety. Many people are sweating for them. The call for platforms to buy insurance for riders is also getting louder. In fact, in recent years, the cost Meituan spends on food delivery riders has increased year by year. According to financial reports, Meituan’s catering takeaway business revenue in 2020 will reach 66.265 billion yuan, accounting for 57.72% of the platform’s total revenue. The cost of Meituan’s food delivery riders has increased from 280 million yuan in 2015 to 48.692 billion yuan in 2020, an increase of more than 170 times; by the end of 2020, the cumulative number of riders who have achieved increased employment and income in Meituan has exceeded 9.5 million. . 2020 Meituan expenditure breakdown (by nature) In recent discussions on Meituan, there is a voice: Meituan cannot afford insurance to riders. Is this really true? To solve this question, a key question must be answered, that is, “what standard should Meituan pay for the rider’s insurance”. If you pay the three insurances (pension, medical and unemployment) of the “five social insurances and one housing fund”, based on the unit payment ratios of 21%, 9%, and 2%, the platform needs to pay about 32% of the salary. Dolphin Investment Research pointed out that the human outsourcing fee for Meituan Catering + Non-Meal Delivery in 2020 is approximately 54.3 billion yuan, which is equivalent to the total income of various riders. Roughly assuming that Meituan’s special riders contributed about 60% of the orders, Dolphin Investment Research calculated that about 32.5 billion yuan has social security payment obligations, and Meituan needs to take back 543*32%*60%=10,425.6 billion yuan. The reference basis for the other algorithm is the “Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Labor Employment of Catering Online Delivery Workers under New Employment Forms (Trial)” promulgated by the Nanjing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. It is believed that “platform enterprises” should mainly be “specialized” “Send riders” to pay work-related injury insurance. In accordance with the state’s regulations on the payment rate of different industries, the insurance premium rate of the takeaway distributors is attributed to 1.1% of the “transportation industry” payable. Moreover, this algorithm also encloses the scope of insurance payment in the group of “specialized riders”. According to data from China Securities, Meituan currently has more than 1 million active daily riders, of which about 40% are dedicated riders. Rough calculations, the cost that Meituan needs to pay is only 486.92*40%*1.1%≈214 million yuan, which is far from the calculation result of Dolphin Investment Research. However, whether the documents on which the second algorithm is based can be adapted to major cities across the country is not yet known; in addition, whether crowdsourced riders and running riders should pay insurance has also aroused widespread discussion in the society. From this point of view, the outside world still needs more responses from the platform side for issues related to takeaway riders. It is reported that since the Spring Festival in 2021, Meituan Waimai has held 22 rider talks, during which more than 50 rider feedback suggestions have been collected, 19 of which have been improved or entered the improvement process. The riders look forward to more improvements on the platform that they are really concerned about. After the heavy rain, the sky has cleared up, but Shen Jun’s heart is still low. Just yesterday (May 23), a colleague of his was injured again while delivering the meal. He paid for the medical expenses in advance. How to pay it is not yet known. (Chen Jie, Li Wen, Guo Dong, Shen Jun, Tian Xia in the text are all pseudonyms)

Huang Zheng, founder of Pinduoduo (left) and Wang Xing, founder of Meituan – Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images. Huang Zheng, founder and CEO of e-commerce firm Pinduoduo, and Wang Xing, founder and CEO of food delivery platform Meituan, have seen their fortunes plummet after being criticized by an activist group for consumers. According to Forbes, the share price of this Pinduoduo 11/5 fell more than 9%, “blowing” $ 4.3 billion from Huang Zheng’s assets. The founder of Pinduoduo is currently worth $42.9 billion according to Forbes’ real-time statistics, making him the 4th richest person in China. Meanwhile, Wang Xing’s fortune fell by $2.5 billion as investors continued to sell off Meituan shares in the May 11 session. The share price fell another 5.3% after falling 7.1% in the previous session. Wang is currently worth $19.5 billion. A day earlier, the Shanghai Consumer Council said it had convened both Pinduoduo and Meituan. The organization criticized Pinduoduo for its poor quality goods, rampant counterfeiting on the company’s e-commerce platform, and poor after-sales service. The organization also condemned Meituan for issues with refunds, failed food deliveries and misleading content on the company’s platform. The statement of the Shanghai Consumer Council comes as the Chinese government is tightening control of the country’s largest technology firms. Last week, Wang was also criticized after posting a poem of a Tang poem allegedly intended to criticize the Chinese government on the social network Fanfou. The poem titled The Book of the Dead (Book Burning Pit) by poet Zhang Jie, written at the end of the Tang Dynasty, condemns Qin Shi Huang’s act of burning books to control people’s thoughts and suppress the mind. awake. The poem is meant to mock Qin Shi Huang for seeing academia as the greatest threat, but his reign was eventually overthrown by non-intellectuals. A few days later, Wang deleted the post, explaining that the poem was just a reminder that “the most dangerous enemies are often the ones we least expect”. The 42-year-old CEO also added that Meituan’s biggest rival appears to be Ele.me but is in fact “unnoticed companies and business models that are disrupting the food delivery industry”. Late last month, Beijing’s anti-trust authority officially launched an investigation into Meituan’s alleged request for sellers to be allowed only the Meituan platform or another competitor. Since then, the company’s stock price has fallen by nearly 18 percent. On Weibo, many Chinese netizens compared Wang’s posting of the poem to Jack Ma’s speech criticizing the financial management system in October 2020. The co-founder of Alibaba at the time even said bluntly that Chinese banks operate like “pawn shops”. Jack Ma’s speech is said to spark a series of strong moves by Chinese authorities against Alibaba as well as its subsidiary Ant Group. Ant’s “big” IPO was suspended a few days later. And Alibaba was fined a record $2.8 billion for monopolies last month.

The picture of the title comes from: Visual China Good Friday morning, let’s take a look at what’s happening this evening~ Tesla’s attitude changed @Tiger[Tesla: Willing to be tested by any authoritative organization]On the evening of the 22nd, Tesla announced on Weibo that we will unreservedly cooperate with the regulatory authorities to conduct in-depth investigations and openly accept social supervision. We are willing to jointly witness with the consent of the customer, government designation or supervision, and conduct testing at any qualified and authoritative testing organization across the country. Husband of the rights defending female car owner speaks again @ Elephant News[Husband of the female car owner who defends rights speaks again: Tesla has infringed on personal privacy, requesting the withdrawal of data and apologize]On the afternoon of April 22, Tesla disclosed to the media the driving data 1 minute before the accident, and Make a text description. Subsequently, Mr. Li, the husband of the female rights defender, responded to the Elephant News reporter late at night that he violated the owner’s personal privacy and consumer rights and would immediately file a complaint with the Zhengzhou City Market Supervision Department. Tesla’s person responsible for handling the accident stated that the data had been sent to the customer by email. Since the customer’s phone number has not been answered, Tesla sent it to the customer’s mailbox when they bought the car through the company’s mailbox. “My wife is still in the detention center and the mobile phone is in the hands of the police. How can I receive a call?” Mr. Li said that before Tesla released the data one minute before the vehicle accident to the public, he had never obtained it with Zhang’s family. Over contact. Meituan, I’m hungry, interviewed @虎闻[Guangzhou Market Supervision Bureau interviewed Meituan Ele.me two platforms, 7 take-out shops were reorganized]In response to the hidden food safety hazards in the kitchens of individual restaurants, the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau quickly organized related take-outs on the 20th The store kitchen carried out food safety supervision and inspection, and interviewed the relevant persons in charge of the two major takeaway platforms, Meituan and Ele.me, and ordered the platform to take offline processing of catering businesses with hidden food safety hazards. At the same time, they will deploy online catering services from today. Special safety rectification. During the inspection, the kitchens of 7 takeaway shops with hidden food safety hazards were ordered to suspend business for rectification and all went offline. Here comes the answer!SF Express lost 989 million yuan in the first quarter @ Sina Technology[SF Holdings: a net loss of 989 million yuan in the first quarter, the chief financial officer resigned]On the evening of April 22, SF Holdings announced that its revenue in the first quarter was 42.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.07%. The net loss in the first quarter was 989 million yuan, and the profit in the same period last year was 907 million yuan. In addition, SF Holdings announced that the board of directors has recently received a job transfer notice from the head of finance, Ms. Wu Weiting. Due to personal reasons, Ms. Wu Weiting has applied for resignation from the positions of member of the audit committee, chief financial officer and deputy general manager of the company’s board of directors from April 24, 2021. In response to the global shortage of “cores”, TSMC decided to do so @ Sina Technology[TSMC will invest US$2.89 billion to increase production capacity]On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, according to reports, TSMC today announced that the company’s board of directors has approved an expenditure of US$2.89 billion to increase production capacity to cope with the global Chip shortage problem. TSMC said in a brief statement today that its board of directors has approved this expenditure for the deployment of mature manufacturing technologies to further increase production capacity. In addition, TSMC did not elaborate on this investment. @Interface新闻【TSMC builds 40,000 28nm production capacity in Nanjing plant】Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” reported on April 22 that the foundry TSMC held an interim board of directors today to approve a capital budget of US$2.887 billion, equivalent to about 73.92.5 million New Taiwan dollars. It is expected to build a 28nm production capacity of 40,000 pieces per month at the Nanjing plant. Immediately afterwards, there was a message from SMIC. SMIC sells subsidiary @Interface news[SMIC: intends to sell all the equity of the holding subsidiary]”Science Innovation Board Daily” on the 22nd, SMIC announced that the company intends to sell all the equity interests of the holding subsidiary SJ Semiconductor Corporation, the total transaction consideration is about For 397 million US dollars, the transaction parties include CICC SAIC Emerging Industry Fund, Suzhou Yuanhe Houwang and Suzhou Puhua Chuangyu. How is the antitrust work done in 2020 @Interface新闻[GeneralAdministrationofMarketSupervision:109monopolycaseswillbesettledin2020withafineof450millionyuan]On the evening of April 22, the official Weibo of the State Administration for Market Supervision @市说新语 announced that anti-monopoly in 2020 The work has achieved remarkable results. In 2020, 109 monopoly cases will be settled nationwide, with a fine of 450 million yuan, including 16 monopoly agreement cases, 10 abuse of market dominance cases, 16 illegal implementation of operator concentration cases, and abuse of administrative power to exclude or restrict competition 67 Pieces. 485 cases of concentration of undertakings were filed and 473 were closed, of which 4 were approved with restrictive conditions, which promoted the formation of a unified domestic market with high efficiency, regulation and fair competition. Employees were exploded with “indecent chat records”, China Eastern Airlines: fake @快科技[China Eastern Airlines refutes rumors of “indecent chat records of employees”: deliberately fabricated and maliciously slandered]Recently, a group of indecent chat records have attracted the attention of netizens on the Internet. There are several screenshots of chats in the online posts, and the chats show that the woman said that the leader arranged to contact another boss, and the two sent multiple indecent messages. Allegedly, the woman is the first manager of the cabin department of Eastern Airlines. In this regard, China Eastern Airlines issued a solemn statement stating that the relevant information was deliberately fabricated and maliciously slandered, and the victimized employees had reported the case to the public security organs as soon as possible. A major revelation of Apple products @IT之家[Apple iOS 15/iPadOS 15 will redesign the iPad home screen]On April 22, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple will launch some new versions in the official versions of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 later this year Features and enhancements, including a redesigned iPad home screen, an updated lock screen, and new notification preferences for users. In addition, another piece of Apple’s news is also worthy of attention. The iPhone 12 series holds up half the sky in the U.S. market @cnBeta[The iPhone 12 family contributes 61% of the sales of Apple’s mobile phones in the US]According to the latest research data from CIRP, in terms of overall iPhone sales in the second quarter of 2021, the iPhone 12 series is increasingly occupying the US market. This data was released a few days before Apple’s expected second-quarter financial earnings. Among all new models, the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 is the most popular, followed by iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro. The 51st U.S. State is Coming @Global网[US House of Representatives Approves the Capital of Washington, D.C. as the 51st State]CBS has just announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to approve Washington, D.C. as the 51st state in the United States. The US “Capitol Hill” subsequently reported the same news. Previously, the US “Washington Post” had predicted that this proposal would arouse fierce opposition in the US Senate. Screenshot of “Capitol Hill” report It’s not easy to change your name from someone @Interface News[Gazetue changed its name to Gaotu Group, stock price fell more than 10%]GSX lost more than 10%, after GSX announced that it was renamed “Gotou Group”. It is understood that after the short-selling in 2020, “Learning with Who” will be renamed “Gaotu Group” on April 22. On the one hand, the name change can solve the problem of brand separation between GSX and Gaotu Classroom; on the other hand, GSX can also use this to reverse the negative impression of the secondary market. But the market does not seem to be paying. Mobile and telecommunications branches were named @虎闻[28 companies are included in the list of bad telecommunications business operations, mobile and telecommunications branches are listed]April 22, the first quarter of 2021, in accordance with the “Telecommunications Regulations”, “Management Measures for Telecommunications Business Licenses” and other relevant regulations , 28 companies were subject to administrative penalties by the telecommunications management agency and were included in the telecommunications management agency for illegal access to undocumented websites, APP illegal collection of user information, violations of the phone real-name system, unfair competition, and unlicensed operation of telecommunications services. List. It is now announced. Amazon wants to introduce automatic checkout system into large supermarkets @ Sina Technology[Amazon wants to introduce the automatic checkout system to large supermarkets, 2 years ahead of its opponents]On the evening of April 22, it is reported that Amazon is preparing to introduce its automatic checkout technology to “full-size” supermarkets. This is an important milestone in the race to completely change the way people shop. It can be seen from the planning documents of a supermarket under construction that Amazon has identified 12 entrances and exits, as well as racks on the ceiling for connecting cameras. Shoppers swipe their smartphones at the entrance, where they are tracked by cameras, software algorithms and shelf sensors. When the user walks to the exit, they can automatically check out. Sun Zhengyi returns to the top of the list @ Sina科技[Forbes released the 2021 Japan’s richest list, and Son Zhengyi returned to the top of the list, and the collective wealth surged]Recently, Forbes released the 2021 Japan’s richest list. The list shows that the collective wealth of the top 50 Japanese billionaires has soared 2,490 Billion US dollars, an increase of 48% year-on-year. This is also the first time that the wealth of Japan’s top 50 richest people has exceeded 1 billion U.S. dollars, and the last one has a wealth of 1.15 billion U.S. dollars. For SoftBank founder Sun Zhengyi, the past year has been brilliant. His net worth doubled to 44.4 billion U.S. dollars, regaining the top spot. The U.S. intends to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in AI, semiconductors, etc. @智事[Biden will peddle its tax credit claims for company employees vaccinating the new crown]According to Reuters, the US Senate Committee on Commerce is expected to approve the Endless Frontier Act (EFA) next week. The bill was introduced in May 2020, and plans to invest 100 billion US dollars within five years for scientific research on basic and advanced technologies. U.S. Democratic Congressman Chuck Schumer said: “The Republican and Democratic parties agree that the United States must invest in future technologies to defeat China in the competition.” He will promote this “emergency expenditure” to implement last year’s U.S. National Defense Act. Semiconductor manufacturing clauses in. Another sponsor, Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher (Mike Gallagher) said that the United States’ superiority in technology is “in danger.” The bill also requires the US Department of Commerce to allocate approximately US$10 billion to invest in at least 10 local technology centers to establish a supply chain crisis response plan. The above is all the content of today’s morning paper. I wish you all a happy work on Friday~ Yes, don’t forget to go to work this Sunday (° ° )!

Recently, Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined hands for the first time, jointly building product forms under the take-out system and review scenarios, and jointly launched the “Takeaway Review Help Write” function, which combines the deliciousness of door-to-door enjoyment with the praise generated by one-click. Provide one-click praise service for contemporary food, and solve the problem of users’ difficulty in commenting!

Sogou input method and Meituan takeaway cross-border interaction: AI helps to write reviews, making meals happier

From April 18th to April 20th, Sogou Input Method started a “delicious surprise countdown” on the official Weibo for three consecutive days, and released the poster information about the cross-border cooperation with Meituan Takeaway, which aroused enthusiastic crowds and discussions among netizens. .

In particular, the content of the copywriting in the official announcement posters such as “How to evaluate a chicken”, “Let me say what a duck is good?”, “What do I want to say after eating a chicken?” and other texts are more curious and anticipated by the majority of foodies. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Takeaway’s cross-border cooperation, what surprises and benefits will it bring?

On April 21, the answer was finally revealed. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Food Delivery official announced that the AI ​​Food Delivery Review Assistant was launched, and the topic activity of #今日吃货，一键推荐# was released. During the event, users of Sogou Input Method APP Android mobile phone tuned up Sogou Input Method to comment on food delivery on the Meituan Takeaway Evaluation interface, and then they can receive a surprise takeaway package of 66 yuan. Create an intimate assistant for users with hot reviews, sweep away hunger with one “key”, and make meals happier!

Not only that, Sogou Input Method also cooperated with Meituan Takeaway in 6,000 brand takeaway stores across the country, 23 provinces and municipalities, and simultaneously launched the “writing youth” package, so that foodies can enjoy preferential and delicious brand takeaway packages.

In addition, the Sogou input method APP and Meituan Waimai, as well as Juewei Duck Neck, Ziyan Baiwei Chicken, Yaojiwang and other branded takeaways co-branded custom skins will also be launched simultaneously, and foodies will also have their own branded skins, anytime, anywhere. Moment can feel the little fortune of being a foodie.

Sogou input method AI writing assistant, making user writing easier and more efficient

Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined forces to bring multiple surprises to the foodies, letting the foodies be addicted. But what netizens talk about most is the “AI takeaway evaluation help writing” feature that Sogou input method launched this time.

Based on the powerful AI algorithm of Sogou input method and huge vocabulary, the AI ​​takeaway evaluation help writing function can provide foodies with a variety of candidate takeaway evaluation copywriting. These copywriting not only fit the context, but also have witty words. Users only need one. You can quickly comment by pressing the key to select the copy you are satisfied with. From then on, eating takeaways and writing praise have become efficient and simple.

In fact, this is only a sub-function of the “AI Writing Assistant” function of Sogou Input Method APP. The Sogou input method app also has many AI writing functions such as e-commerce platform shopping evaluation help writing, Moments copy inspiration template, etc., not only can help online shoppers to quickly write excellent reviews on online shopping platforms, but also help users quickly write in Moments. Write wonderful copywriting, leave wonderful comments on Weibo, and easily and efficiently deal with various writing scenes in online life, saving worry and effort.

In the long run, with the launch of a series of AI writing functions such as Sogou Input Method APP “Takeaway Comment Help Writing”, “Friend Moments Copywriting Inspiration Template”, etc., it will not only make users’ online writing expression easy and efficient, but also help to improve. The enthusiasm of online food delivery platforms, online shopping platforms and even online social platforms to participate in comment creation may be the reason why Meituan Waimai chose to work with Sogou input method to interact across borders and launch the AI ​​food delivery evaluation help writing function, which provides users with many delicious benefits Where.

Recently, Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined hands for the first time, jointly building product forms under the take-out system and review scenarios, and jointly launched the “Takeaway Review Write” function, which combines the deliciousness of door-to-door enjoyment with the praise generated by one-click. Provide one-click praise service for contemporary food, and solve the problem of users’ difficulty in commenting!

Sogou input method and Meituan takeaway cross-border interaction: AI helps to write reviews, making meals happier

From April 18th to April 20th, Sogou Input Method started the “delicious surprise countdown” on the official Weibo for three consecutive days, and released the poster information about the cross-border cooperation with Meituan Takeaway, which aroused enthusiastic onlookers and discussions among netizens. .

In particular, the content of the official announcement posters such as “How to evaluate a chicken”, “Let me say what is good about a duck?”, “What do I want to say after eating chicken?” and other texts have made foodies curious and expectant. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Takeaway’s cross-border cooperation, what surprises and benefits will it bring?

On April 21, the answer was finally revealed. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Food Delivery official announced that the AI ​​Food Delivery Review Assistant was launched, and the topic activity of #今日吃货，一键推荐# was released. During the event, users of Sogou Input Method APP Android mobile phone tuned up Sogou Input Method to comment on food delivery on the Meituan Takeaway Evaluation interface, and then they can receive a surprise takeaway package of 66 yuan. Create an intimate assistant for users with hot reviews, sweep away hunger with one “key”, and make meals happier!

Not only that, Sogou Input Method has also jointly launched the “Writing Youth” package in 6000 brand takeaway stores across the country, 23 provinces and municipalities with Meituan, so that foodies can enjoy preferential and delicious brand takeaway packages.

In addition, the Sogou input method APP and Meituan Waimai, as well as Juewei Duck Neck, Ziyan Baiwei Chicken, Yaojiwang and other branded takeaways co-branded custom skins will also be launched simultaneously, and foodies will also have their own branded skins, anytime, anywhere. Moment can feel the little fortune of being a foodie.

Sogou input method AI writing assistant, making user writing easier and more efficient

Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined forces to bring multiple surprises to the foodies, letting the foodies be addicted. But what netizens talk about most is the “AI takeaway evaluation help writing” feature that Sogou input method launched this time.

Based on the powerful AI algorithm of Sogou input method and huge vocabulary, the AI ​​takeaway evaluation help writing function can provide foodies with a variety of candidate takeaway evaluation copywriting. These copywritings not only fit the context, but also have witty words. Users only need one. You can quickly comment by pressing the key to select the copy you are satisfied with. From then on, eating takeaways and writing praise have become efficient and simple.

In fact, this is only a sub-function of the “AI Writing Assistant” function of Sogou Input Method APP. The Sogou input method app also has many AI writing functions such as e-commerce platform shopping evaluation help writing, Moments copy inspiration template, etc., which not only helps online shoppers to quickly write excellent reviews on online shopping platforms, but also helps users quickly write in Moments. Write wonderful copywriting, leave wonderful comments on Weibo, and easily and efficiently deal with various writing scenes in online life, saving worry and effort.

In the long run, with the launch of a series of AI writing functions such as Sogou Input Method APP “Takeaway Comment Help Writing”, “Friend Moments Copywriting Inspiration Template”, etc., it will not only make users’ online writing expression easy and efficient, but also contribute to improvement. The enthusiasm of online food delivery platforms, online shopping platforms, and even online social platforms to participate in comment creation. This may be the reason why Meituan Waimai chose to cooperate with Sogou input method to cross-border interaction, and launched the AI ​​food delivery evaluation help writing function, which gave users many delicious benefits. Where.

Recently, Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined hands for the first time, jointly building product forms under the take-out system and review scenarios, and jointly launched the “Takeaway Review Write” function, which combines the deliciousness of door-to-door enjoyment with the praise generated by one-click. Provide one-click praise service for contemporary food, and solve the problem of users’ difficulty in commenting!

Sogou input method and Meituan takeaway cross-border interaction: AI helps to write reviews, making meals happier

From April 18th to April 20th, Sogou Input Method started the “delicious surprise countdown” on the official Weibo for three consecutive days, and released the poster information about the cross-border cooperation with Meituan Takeaway, which aroused enthusiastic onlookers and discussions among netizens. .

In particular, the content of the official announcement posters such as “How to evaluate a chicken”, “Let me say what is good about a duck?”, “What do I want to say after eating chicken?” and other texts have made foodies curious and expectant. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Takeaway’s cross-border cooperation, what surprises and benefits will it bring?

On April 21, the answer was finally revealed. Sogou Input Method and Meituan Food Delivery official announced that the AI ​​Food Delivery Review Assistant was launched, and the topic activity of #今日吃货，一键推荐# was released. During the event, users of Sogou Input Method APP Android mobile phone tuned up Sogou Input Method to comment on food delivery on the Meituan Takeaway Evaluation interface, and then they can receive a surprise takeaway package of 66 yuan. Create an intimate assistant for users with hot reviews, sweep away hunger with one “key”, and make meals happier!

Not only that, Sogou Input Method has also jointly launched the “Writing Youth” package in 6000 brand takeaway stores across the country, 23 provinces and municipalities with Meituan, so that foodies can enjoy preferential and delicious brand takeaway packages.

In addition, the Sogou input method APP and Meituan Waimai, as well as Juewei Duck Neck, Ziyan Baiwei Chicken, Yaojiwang and other branded takeaways co-branded custom skins will also be launched simultaneously, and foodies will also have their own branded skins, anytime, anywhere. Moment can feel the little fortune of being a foodie.

Sogou input method AI writing assistant, making user writing easier and more efficient

Sogou Input Method and Meituan Waimai have joined forces to bring multiple surprises to the foodies, letting the foodies be addicted. But what netizens talk about most is the “AI takeaway evaluation help writing” feature that Sogou input method launched this time.

Based on the powerful AI algorithm of Sogou input method and huge vocabulary, the AI ​​takeaway evaluation help writing function can provide foodies with a variety of candidate takeaway evaluation copywriting. These copywritings not only fit the context, but also have witty words. Users only need one. You can quickly comment by pressing the key to select the copy you are satisfied with. From then on, eating takeaways and writing praise have become efficient and simple.

In fact, this is only a sub-function of the “AI Writing Assistant” function of Sogou Input Method APP. The Sogou input method app also has many AI writing functions such as e-commerce platform shopping evaluation help writing, Moments copy inspiration template, etc., which not only helps online shoppers to quickly write excellent reviews on online shopping platforms, but also helps users quickly write in Moments. Write wonderful copywriting, leave wonderful comments on Weibo, and easily and efficiently deal with various writing scenes in online life, saving worry and effort.

In the long run, with the launch of a series of AI writing functions such as Sogou Input Method APP “Takeaway Comment Help Writing”, “Friend Moments Copywriting Inspiration Template”, etc., it will not only make users’ online writing expression easy and efficient, but also contribute to improvement. The enthusiasm of online food delivery platforms, online shopping platforms, and even online social platforms to participate in comment creation. This may be the reason why Meituan Waimai chose to cooperate with Sogou input method to cross-border interaction, and launched the AI ​​food delivery evaluation help writing function, which gave users many delicious benefits. Where.

Figure: Figure Worm Recently, the Huai’an Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province issued a judgment on Meituan’s unfair competition. This case is the first application of Article 12 of the “People’s Republic of China Anti-Unfair Competition Law” that came into effect on January 1, 2018. Infringement cases of unfair competition in the takeaway field. The civil judgment shows that Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. (Meituan) will pay 352,000 yuan to Shanghai Lazas Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Hungry?). This is also the first time that the new anti-French Internet article has been applied to the food delivery area. Repeatedly fined This is the second time Meituan has lost a lawsuit in the food delivery field because it forced its merchants to choose one of the two. Before this year, Meituan was also punished many times. In February of this year, the Intermediate People’s Court of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province ruled against Zhejiang Jinhua Meituan’s practice of requiring some merchants to enter into exclusive transactions with them. The judgment showed that the unfair competition conducted by Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. Jinhua Branch harmed the legitimate rights and interests of Lazas Company (Ele.), and should bear civil liability and compensate Shanghai Lazas Information Technology Co., Ltd. 100 Ten thousand yuan economic loss. In June 2017, the Market Supervision Bureau of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province imposed penalties on Meituan’s illegal activities such as restricting competition, and fined a total of 526,000 yuan. Because Meituan took advantage of its dominant position in the local area, it forced the merchants to sign a “commitment letter of cooperation” and required the signing of an exclusive agreement, otherwise it would increase the rate or even close the store. In May 2018, the Market Supervision Bureau of Qingjiangpu District, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province raised rates, set a break, set unreasonable conditions, etc. for some merchants operating on Meituan and Ele.me food delivery platforms at the same time for Meituan Takeaway. The act of forcing merchants to remove Ele.me food delivery platform stores was determined to constitute an act of unfair competition, and Meituan was fined 70,000 yuan in accordance with the law. In March 2019, due to alleged misleading and deceit, forcing users to modify, close, and uninstall network products or services legally provided by other operators, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province forced merchants to choose Meituan Takeaway as a “second choice” 1. The party concerned shall be punished with a fine of up to 250,000 yuan and “ordered to stop illegal activities”. Are you hungry, “choose one of two” fined Not only Meituan, Ele.me was also punished for being forced to “choose one of two”. On April 7, Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Ele.me asked merchants to close Meituan’s takeaways and forced the merchants to sign an exclusive cooperation agreement with Ele.me’s platform. After being rejected by the merchants, they logged in to the merchant’s account and closed it on the Ele.me platform. Shop. The court held that the subjective maliciousness of Ele.me’s unfair competition behavior was obvious, which harmed the commercial interests of merchants, severely restricted consumers’ right to choose, and severely hindered and undermined the legally provided services by Meituan Waimai and other food delivery platform operators. The normal operation of the network service ordered Ele.me to compensate Meituan for the economic losses of the takeout. Strictly control unfair competition With the intensification of unfair competition behaviors such as “choose one out of two”, the supervision of relevant state departments has gradually tightened and improved. On November 10, 2020, on the eve of the e-commerce “Double Eleven” promotion, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the “Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Platform Economy (Draft for Comment)” for the first time clearly defined the “choice of two” as Abuse of market dominance, constitute a restricted transaction behavior. On February 7 this year, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council formally issued and implemented the “Guidelines for Anti-Monopoly in the Platform Economy Field” to prevent and stop monopolistic activities in the platform economy, clarifying that “choosing one of the two” may constitute an abuse of market dominance to restrict transactions. . Not long ago, the State Administration of Market Supervision imposed an administrative penalty on Alibaba’s “choice of two” monopolistic behavior, ordering Alibaba Group to stop its illegal activities and imposing a fine of 4% of its domestic sales of 455.712 billion yuan in 2019, totaling 182.28. 100 million yuan. It is worth mentioning that yesterday (April 13), the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration of Taxation, held an Internet platform enterprise administrative guidance meeting and pointed out that the forced implementation of the “two alternatives” issue is particularly prominent, and it is the capital of the platform economy. A prominent reflection of willful and disorderly expansion is a flagrant trampling and destruction of the market competition order. The forced implementation of “choose one” behavior restricts market competition, curbs innovation and development, and harms the interests of operators and consumers on the platform. It is extremely harmful and must be resolutely cured. In response, Meituan issued a letter of undertaking to operate in compliance with laws and regulations, stating that it respects the right of independent choice by operators on the platform, does not use unreasonable restrictions and other measures to force merchants to “choose one of two”, and does not use technical means to implement monopoly agreements and abuse the market. Dominant behavior eliminates and restricts market competition, and fulfills the obligation to declare concentration of business operators in accordance with the law. Do not carry out unfair competition, price violations, and publishing illegal advertisements, and support the supervision and law enforcement work of market supervision departments, and accept social supervision. Once clues of illegal activities are found, report them to the regulatory authorities in a timely manner and actively cooperate with the investigation and handling. Baidu, JD, ByteDance, Meituan “Yes” to strengthen compliance management After the State Administration of Market Supervision, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, and the State Administration of Taxation held an administrative guidance meeting for Internet platform companies, on April 14, Internet platform giants and upstarts such as Baidu, JD.com, and Bytedance issued the “Operation Commitment in Compliance with Laws”. Among them, antitrust, personal information protection, and intellectual property protection have become the focus of compliance. This is just the beginning. From April 14th, for three consecutive days, the State Administration of Market Supervision will collectively announce the “Operation Commitments in Compliance with Laws and Regulations” of 34 Internet platform companies participating in the conference. Antitrust and personal information protection become the focus of compliance The companies that announced the “Operation Commitment in Compliance with Laws” include Baidu, JD.com, Meituan, Qihoo 360, Weidian, Sina Weibo, ByteDance, Dingdong Maicai, Pinduoduo, Xiaohongshu, Suning.com , Vipshop. There are both e-commerce platforms and content platforms. These platform companies promise to strictly abide by laws and regulations, implement platform legal responsibilities, further improve the platform compliance system, strengthen compliance training for corporate employees, and strengthen daily operation self-inspection. Sorting out the commitments of the above-mentioned companies, antitrust, personal information protection and intellectual property protection have become the focus of compliance for platform companies. “Choose one of the two” has become a high-frequency word. JD.com promises that it will not implement “choose one of the two”, not abuse its dominant market position, not implement monopoly agreements, not illegally implement operator concentration, not implement unfair competition, and not implement unfair price behavior; Meituan says it respects operations on the platform The owner has the right to choose independently, and does not force merchants to “choose one of the two” through unreasonable restrictions and other measures. Yesterday’s meeting of the three departments focused on the forced implementation of the “two alternatives” issue, saying that this issue is particularly prominent. The meeting stated that the forced implementation of “choice of two” is a prominent reflection of the willful and disorderly expansion of capital in the field of platform economy, and it is a blatant trampling and destruction of the order of market competition. The forced implementation of “choose one” behavior restricts market competition, curbs innovation and development, and harms the interests of operators and consumers on the platform. It is extremely harmful and must be resolutely eradicated. The protection of personal information is also a key content of the major platforms’ commitments. Yesterday’s meeting pointed out the problem of platform enterprise information leakage and said that “it must be rectified seriously.” Like ByteDance promises, no illegal collection and misuse of personal information. On the premise of ensuring that users are informed, collect and use user information in accordance with the law in accordance with the principle of “least necessary”. Xiaohongshu stated that it does not illegally collect or misuse personal information, and follows the principles of justification, safety, and legal use. Algorithmic discrimination is still worthy of vigilance In addition to the common “key points” mentioned above, the commitments of some companies are also worthy of attention. Like the 360 ​​promise, we insist on objectively and neutrally setting search and sorting algorithms. Suning also stated that it does not engage in substantively coordinated behaviors through data, algorithms, platform rules, or other means, which will undermine the fair competition environment in the market. The use of operations such as setting search and sorting algorithms for platform self-treatment has a certain degree of concealment. Experts have pointed out that the sorting strategy will be a very mainstream behavior of platform self-treatment. In the Internet era, platforms must not only build user stickiness, but also acquire user traffic. Information screening and presentation are the core means to increase user stickiness and gain user traffic. Liu Xiaochun, executive director of the Internet Rule of Law Research Center of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that almost all services, not only search engines, have problems with ranking strategies. The ranking strategy is likely to determine the competitiveness of operators in the platform ecology. Deng Zhisong, a senior partner of Dacheng Law Firm, told the 21st Century Business Herald that technology and algorithms are the core competitiveness of the networking platform. Internet platform-related competitions are generally conducted through technology and algorithms, and there are many suspected monopolistic behaviors that the public is familiar with, including “choice of two”, “big data to kill familiarity”, “algorithm collusion” and so on. Yesterday the three-department meeting put forward the “five strict preventions”, including strict prevention of technology stifling, strict prevention of rule and algorithm abuse, and strict prevention of system closure. Among the companies announced this time, apart from the algorithmic discrimination issue clearly raised by 360 and Suning, other companies did not express their views on this. Emphasize platform self-regulation and establish a compliance system To a certain extent, the commitments of some companies have also responded to the focus of public attention. Pinduoduo, which was previously regarded as “barbaric growth”, promised to strictly regulate the behaviors of operators on the platform that do not obtain relevant administrative licenses to engage in business activities, consumption fraud, fraudulent transactions, false propaganda, etc. Strengthen the control of counterfeit and shoddy goods, implement food safety guarantee obligations, and protect the personal and property safety of the people. Sina Weibo promises to ensure that platform information is legal and compliant, and resolutely not allow the Weibo platform to become a platform for disseminating illegal marketing information and harmful information. The Internet era has brought many new social propositions. Since last year, the “digital divide for the elderly” has attracted widespread attention from the society. Baidu’s letter of undertaking stated that it will further promote the protection of the rights and interests of netizens, paying particular attention to the protection of the elderly and minors, and enhance the protection of netizens’ rights and interests. According to the requirements, all Internet platform companies will conduct a comprehensive self-inspection and self-examination within one month, and complete rectifications one by one. He Yuan believes that this reflects a change in law enforcement and supervision thinking, which is no longer just a national mandatory regulation, but also emphasizes platform self-regulation and establishment of a compliance system to form a comprehensive governance. “It is not to put all the responsibilities in the hands of the regulators, but to put pressure on companies to also comply with regulations and urge them to improve their corporate governance structure.” He analyzed that the current law enforcement logic sets a red line for the government, and the platform does a good job of self-discipline and builds a compliance system. The government takes regulatory measures afterwards. Once the regulatory red line is violated, it will initiate national compulsory regulation, such as high fines. , To form a deterrent to platform companies. Source: Associated Press Choi, titanium media, 21st Century Business Herald (Author: Wang Jun, etc.)

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On April 13, Meituan posted a response to the “campus loan” scam on its official Weibo.

Source: Weibo

Recently, some users reported to Meituan customer service that some related personnel claimed to be Meituan customer service, and indicated to users that they needed to “cancel campus loan account” and “change identity information”, and then took the opportunity to guide users to borrow money, transfer money, and so on. It is reported that such scammers will use international telephone area codes to pretend to be customer service calls. In addition, when they add the user WeChat, they will also publish the authorization certificate, work permit and other related documents that have been prepared in advance to increase the credibility.

On April 9, Meituan Security issued a warning on WeChat about fraud in the name of Meituan Financial Products. Four days later, the official WeChat account of Meituan reposted it and stated that Meituan Finance had never launched a “campus loan” product.

It is understood that there are four main types of credit products under Meituan Finance, the virtual credit payment product Meituan Monthly Payment, the consumer loan product Meituan Loan, the business loan product Meituan Business Loan, and the standard credit card product Meituan Co-branded Card.

It is worth noting that the black cat complaint platform showed that the C-end loan product Meituan’s living expenses was violently collected, intimidated, and the address book exploded by users’ complaints. The complaint revealed that Meituan’s third-party reminders continued to disturb the users’ relatives, colleagues, neighborhood committees and other irrelevant personnel when the user’s debt was overdue. Since April, users have more than 30 complaints about the collection behavior of Meituan.

Source: Black Cat Complaint Platform

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Recently, the Huai’an Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province issued a judgment on Meituan’s unfair competition. This case is the first application of Article 12 of the “People’s Republic of China Anti-Unfair Competition Law” that came into effect on January 1, 2018. Infringement cases of unfair competition in the takeaway field. The civil judgment shows that Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. (Meituan) will compensate Shanghai Lazars Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Eleme) with a compensation of 352,000 yuan. The reporter learned that in the judgment, the court also found a number of cases where Meituan forced merchants to “choose one of two”, including forcing merchants to “exclusively cooperate” with the platform by narrowing the scope of delivery. In addition to Meituan, recently, the case of Ele.me Wenzhou forcing merchants to “choose one of two” also came to an end. The Intermediate People’s Court of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province determined Ele.me was involved in unfair competition in this incident and ordered it to compensate Beijing Sankuai. Online Technology Co., Ltd. (Meituan Waimai) economic loss of 80,000 yuan. According to the judgment, the employees of Ele.me asked the merchants involved in the case to close their online stores on the Meituan food delivery platform, forcing them to sign an exclusive cooperation agreement with Ele.me.com. After being rejected, they log in to the merchant account and close their stores on the platform, which was improper. The subjective maliciousness of the competition is obvious, harming the interests of merchants, and seriously hindering and undermining the normal operation of the network services legally provided by the operators of Meituan Waimai and other food delivery platforms. The court ruled that the above behavior of the Wenzhou Branch of Lazas Company (Ele.?) was an act of unfair competition under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. In February 2016, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council published the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Anti-Unfair Competition (Revision Draft for Review)” to solicit public opinions. Article 13 of the draft for review specifically stipulates four acts of Internet unfair competition. , Is called “Internet Special Article.” The knife of the new anti-French Internet article goes beyond the field of foreign trade. It is worth mentioning that on April 13, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration of Taxation, held an Internet platform enterprise administrative guidance meeting. In response to the prominent problems in the field of platform economy, such as the forced implementation of “two options and one”, the “five strict preventions” and “five guarantees” are proposed, and all Internet platform companies are clearly required to conduct self-inspection and self-examination within one month, and make rectifications one by one. Beginning on the 13th, for three consecutive days, the State Administration of Market Supervision will collectively announce the “Commitment to Operate in Compliance with Laws and Regulations” of the 34 Internet platform companies participating in the conference. The first batch of Internet platform companies that disclosed the “Operation Commitment in Compliance with Laws and Regulations” to the public are Baidu, JD.com, Meituan, Qihoo 360, Weidian, Sina Weibo, ByteDance, Dingdong Maicai, Pinduoduo, Xiaohong Book, Suning Tesco, Vipshop. Under the anti-monopoly environment, platform-based economic enterprises were the first to bear the brunt. On the 13th, Meituan fell more than 8% during intraday trading, and its share price hit a new low this year. Counting the decline in the previous day, Meituan-Dianping has fallen by more than 12% in the two trading days. Industry insiders believe that the Huai’an and Wenzhou cases, from the perspective of judicial adjudication, have further consolidated the impropriety of the forced “choose one” behavior of takeaway platforms, and played a very positive role in maintaining a healthy business environment. At the same time, with the clarification of judicial attitudes and the intensification of anti-monopoly supervision, Internet platforms in an advantageous position will be more restricted, and the biggest beneficiaries will be catering merchants in a disadvantaged position.