Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-08-01 08:05Core Viewpoint - Major food delivery platforms in China, including Meituan, Ele.me (owned by Alibaba), and JD.com, have publicly committed to resisting irrational competition and promoting a healthy industry ecosystem through a series of pledges aimed at ensuring fair practices and sustainable development in the food delivery sector [1][6][9]. Group 1: Meituan's Commitments - Meituan has announced five commitments to promote a healthy ecosystem in the food delivery industry, emphasizing the need to regulate promotional activities and eliminate unfair competition [1]. - The company will strictly adhere to various laws, including the Anti-Monopoly Law and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, ensuring that subsidies do not significantly undercut costs and distort market prices [2]. - Meituan will ensure transparency in subsidy activities by publicly disclosing subsidy information to merchants and consumers, avoiding exaggerated claims [3]. - The platform will not force or indirectly compel merchants to participate in subsidy activities, thereby protecting their pricing autonomy [4]. - Meituan aims to create a win-win ecosystem for consumers, merchants, delivery riders, and platform companies, focusing on quality and service rather than price competition [4]. Group 2: Ele.me and Alibaba's Commitments - Ele.me, in collaboration with Taobao, has made four commitments to enhance service quality and promote healthy competition, emphasizing the importance of consumer and merchant needs [6]. - The platform will implement a mechanism to ensure merchants' rights to know, choose, and set prices, while also establishing a compensation system for merchants [6]. - Ele.me will actively resist irrational competition and ensure that promotional activities do not harm merchants' profits, avoiding large-scale irrational promotions like "0 yuan purchase" [6][9]. - The company is committed to improving service quality and promoting green consumption, encouraging consumers to make rational choices [8]. Group 3: JD.com's Commitments - JD.com has also made four commitments to foster a healthy ecosystem in the food delivery industry, focusing on resisting irrational competition and ensuring transparency in subsidy mechanisms [9]. - The company will eliminate unfair competition practices and promote a focus on quality and service rather than subsidies, leveraging technology and supply chain innovations [9]. - JD.com is dedicated to maintaining food safety and integrity in operations, while also promoting anti-food waste initiatives through consumer education [9].