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12日，国家发展和改革委员会针对黄金饰品行业开出首张反垄断罚单。按照发改委价监局要求，上海市物价局对上海黄金饰品行业协会及老凤祥等部分金店的价格垄断行为，做出了罚款总金额超过1000万元的处罚决定。 请看相关报道： In the first half of this year, China's gold purchase surged by 54 percent year-on-year to 706.36 metric tons, according to the China Gold Association. Hu Jianhuan / for China Daily China has fined five domestic jewellers 10.1 million yuan ($1.7 million) for fixing their prices, state media said on Monday, the second time in less than a week that authorities penalised firms found to be anti-competitive. 中国官方媒体周一报道，五家珠宝店因价格垄断被罚款一千多万元人民币“垄断价格”是to fix the price, “垄断市场”还可以说to monopolize/ forestall/ captive/corner the market，如The company eventually monopolized the entire cigarette industry.国家发改委表示，上海黄金饰品行业协会曾组织老凤祥、老庙等五家金店召开会议，约定了“黄、铂金饰品”( gold and platinum jewellery)的 “零售价测算公式”(a price calculation formula)和“定价浮动”( price fluctuations )的范围，损害了其他经营者和消费者的合法权益。 至此，今年发改委已经连续四次开出“反垄断”(antitrust/ anti-monopoly)罚单，“罚金”(penalty/ fine)共约15亿。有专家表示，接连“四张罚单”的开出，表明了发改委在白酒、奶粉、黄金饰品等多个领域，整顿市场秩序相关阅读 | 
