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.
EnforceDoes this issue require separate analysis?
Resolve the does this issue require separate analysis question separately before choosing the route.
DeepHorizontal dealer cartel also?
Resolve the horizontal dealer cartel also question separately before choosing the route.
CartelWorking rule: 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 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?
Use the linked specialist resource when Resale Price Maintenance in China turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.