Companies given pass on minor breaches
Print Edition
Local startup companies which commit minor breaches of business operations can now escape penalties if they quickly correct their mistakes.
These include issues such as misstated advertisements and faulty firefighting equipment.
Yesterday, Shanghai issued the nation鈥檚 first provincial-level, cross-industry list of minor illegal acts which can be exempted from punishment.
The list of 34 types of minor illegal acts was co-released by the city鈥檚 bureau of justice, market watchdog and emergency management bureau.
It covers business administration, quality supervision, food security and fire control.
According to the local bureau of justice, the majority of companies that commit minor illegal acts are medium and small-sized enterprises or innovation-oriented enterprises.
Most of them are newly established.
If they are penalized heavily, it can affect their growth.
So instead of an administrative penalty, the companies will receive criticism and education as well as guidance from authorities.
For example, advertising law stipulates that ads posted on media should be marked as 鈥渁ds,鈥 and differentiated from other information.
Companies that fail to do so can be fined up to 100,000 yuan (US$14,893).
Prompt rectification
But under the provisions of the list, companies can escape punishment if they promptly amend the information with an 鈥渁d鈥 mark.
Four of the 34 items are related to minor problems regarding food safety.
For example, if an employer hasn鈥檛 trained staff correctly or if staff clothing fails to meet standards. Only first-time offenses, with no food safety problems, and with a quick correction, can be exempted.
Listed items for fire safety relate to storing and trading flammable and explosive materials.
鈥淲e will collect feedback from the market entities and requirements in relevant fields for further study,鈥 said Luo Peixin, deputy head of the Shanghai Bureau of Justice.
鈥淲e will categorize the methods and experiences to update the list to make for a better business environment.鈥
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
