Online group buying to be regulated
<p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="customers">customers</span>' <span word="interests">interests</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="pledged">pledged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="regulate">regulate</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="buying">buying</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thriving">thriving</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="trading">trading</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Industry">Industry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Commerce">Commerce</span> <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="examine">examine</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="qualifications">qualifications</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="providers">providers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supervise">supervise</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="circular">circular</span> <span word="posted">posted</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="administration">administration</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Problems">Problems</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="fraud">fraud</span>, <span word="fake">fake</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="hikes">hikes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="arising">arising</span> <span word="frequently">frequently</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="circular">circular</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Disputes">Disputes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="complaints">complaints</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="rise">rise</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="noted">noted</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="Commerce">Commerce</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="institute">institute</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</span>, <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 203 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="participated">participated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011, <span word="up">up</span> 28.5 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="retail">retail</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 801 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($126.5 <span word="billion">billion</span>) <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="from">from</span> 514 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="group">group</span>-<span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="thrives">thrives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="group">group</span>-<span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="websites">websites</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> 3,909 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span>, <span word="up">up</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2,630 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="institute">institute</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="statistics">statistics</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="institute">institute</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="about">about</span> 100,000 <span word="complaints">complaints</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="commerce">commerce</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 25 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="buying">buying</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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