Has Lijiang’s “Mosquitoes Are Pets” Inn been shut down for rectification due to false advertising?

The official Weibo of the Information Office of the Lijiang Municipal Government stated that on November 11, CCTV’s “News Live Room” exposed that two inns in the ancient city of Lijiang were suspected of engaging in false propaganda and unfair competition through the Meituan e-commerce platform. And there are behaviors such as low service quality and induced consumption.

The Lijiang Municipal People's Government Information Office said that after the news was broadcast, the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attached great importance to it and immediately ordered the relevant responsible departments of Gucheng District and the municipal government to act quickly, conduct investigations in accordance with laws and regulations, and resolutely crack down on fraud in the market. Consumers’ unfair competition behavior and timely response to media and social concerns.

Lijiang officials stated that on November 12, the two inns involved in suspected false propaganda and unfair competition through e-commerce platforms had been formally filed by the Gucheng District, and based on preliminary investigation and evidence collection, the two inns were The hotel involved issued an "Administrative Penalty Hearing Notice", ordering it to suspend operations for rectification and cooperate with the investigation; it also ordered the legal representative of the hotel operator involved to publicly apologize to the public.

On the afternoon of November 12, Gucheng District interviewed the person in charge of the local accommodation division of the Meituan platform in accordance with the law, requiring him to effectively perform the platform supervision responsibilities, comprehensively clean up and strictly restrict the personnel who settled on the platform. Business operators should strengthen the review and control of operator qualifications and information. At present, the inn involved has been offline from the Meituan e-commerce platform. Relevant investigation work is ongoing.

The Information Office of the Lijiang Municipal People's Government stated that in the next step, Lijiang City will continue to exert its efforts and adopt a "zero tolerance" attitude to resolutely investigate and deal with unfair competition behaviors that damage the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and disrupt market order in accordance with the law. .