The State Administration for Market Regulation is soliciting feedback from the public on the "Guidelines for Compliance with Fees Charged by Online Trading Platforms."

The Securities Times APP learned that in order to regulate the collection of commissions, shares, membership fees, technology service fees, information service fees, marketing and promotion fees, etc. from operators within trading platforms, protect the legitimate rights and interests of operators within the platform, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the platform economy, the State Administration for Market Regulation recently drafted the "Guidelines for Compliance with Fees for Online Trading Platforms (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)" and publicly solicited opinions from the public. Relevant officials from the Price Supervision and Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation answered questions from journalists regarding the "Guidelines". The "Guidelines" clearly state that platforms should reasonably establish fee standards, improve fee rules, fee disclosure mechanisms, strictly fulfill promises to reduce or exempt fees, carefully evaluate the necessity of collecting deposits, conduct promotional services based on the principles of equality and voluntariness, and ensure that operators within the platform have the right to information and choice. At the same time, it also specifies 8 types of unreasonable fee practices such as repeated charging, charging without providing services, and transferring costs that should be borne by the platform itself.