Most recently,a piece of news related to the
Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML")indicates that, the National
Development and Reform Commission("NDRC")who is in charge
of the implementation of the Price Law and price-related
antitrust violation, communicated with the State Administration of
Radio, Film, and Television("SARFT")1, for
SARFT's proposed draft of Guidance on Further Regulation of
Movie Ticket Business("draft Guidance").It is reported
that SARFT is suspected of abusing its administrative power for
fixing the price of movie tickets.
Fact
On 26 February 2012, the draft Guidance was posted on the
internet by a micro-blogger. According to the draft Guidance, SARFT
divides the sales market of movie tickets into several districts,
and sets the guided price (i.e.highest retail price) of movie
tickets for each of the district. It also provides that the movie
tickets for theater members and group buyers should not be sold for
less than 70% of the listed price.
