Time, Saturday, April 10, 2021. The State Administration for Market Regulation announced that Alibaba Group abused its dominant position in the online retail platform service market in China, and proposed a "choose one of two" requirement for platform merchants, prohibiting merchants on the platform from opening stores or participating in promotional activities on other competitive platforms, and using market forces, platform rules and data, algorithms and other technical means to take a variety of reward and punishment measures to ensure the implementation of the "choose one of two" requirement. To maintain and enhance its own market power, so as to obtain unfair competitive advantages.

As early as December 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation filed a case against Alibaba Group for abusing its dominant market position in China in accordance with the Anti-Monopoly Law. The special task force of the State Administration for Market Regulation, based on its solid work foundation and a series of rigorous investigations and evidence collection, conducted in-depth verification and big data analysis of the evidence materials in this case. And listened to Alibaba Group's statements many times to protect its legitimate rights.

Finally, according to the provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law, the nature, degree and duration of Alibaba Group's illegal acts were comprehensively considered. On April 10, 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation made an administrative penalty decision in accordance with the law and issued the "Administrative Penalty Decision of the State Administration for Market Regulation (State Administration for Market Regulation [2021] No. 28)". Alibaba Group was ordered to stop its illegal activities and fined 4% of its sales in China in 2019 of 455.712 billion yuan.