Domestic online academic database China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) has been fined for monopolistic behavior, the country's top market regulator said on Monday.The State Administration for Market Regulation has imposed a fine of 87.6 million yuan on the platform, a figure equal to 5 percent of its 2021 domestic sales, the regulator said in a statement.
Since 2014, CNKI has abused its dominant position to sell its database services at unfairly high prices. It has also restricted academic journals and universities by signing exclusive cooperation agreements.
Such behaviors have impeded competition within China's academic database service market, infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of users, and affected the innovation and development of related markets and academic exchanges, the market regulator said.
It urged CNKI to correct its wrongdoings and make comprehensive reforms to its internal compliance structure, among other areas, to facilitate the industry's well-regulated, healthy and innovative development.
The online academic database made public its 15-point overhaul plan that includes terminating exclusive cooperation agreements, substantially lowering service prices, protecting authors' legitimate rights, and strengthening compliance and risk management.
China's largest online academic database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, was under scrutiny after a library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it would stop using the service due to its expensive subscription fee. A screenshot that had circulated online suggested that CAS's National Science Library had held rounds of discussions with CNKI but the database still insisted on a subscription fee of over 10 million yuan.
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