Telling distributors ‘do not sell below X’ is an AML red flag — ‘recommended price’ theatre often fails.
Resale price maintenance — fixing or setting minimum resale prices for distributors — has been a major SAMR and court focus under the Anti-Monopoly Law, with evolving safe-harbour/defence debates that are counsel-grade. The live vertical-RPM distribution wiki stays practical depth — this page is the atomic definition. Cartel risk covers horizontal agreements. Distribution contracts should be screened. Dawn raids follow complaints.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Is there a floor/fixed resale price?
Clause.
ClauseMonitoring/punishments for discounting?
Enforcement.
EnforceLive RPM distribution page opened?
Deep twin.
DeepHorizontal dealer cartel also?
Cartel related pages.
CartelWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Are recommended prices always safe?
Not if they operate as fixed floors with punishment.
Where is the deep RPM page?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.