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Apple was fined 200000 yuan by Beijing market regulatory authorities for publishing false advertisements.

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2023-11-24 17:10:05 10月02日 Update

Thank you, CTOnews.com netizens. Hello, rabbit, rain and snow clues delivery! CTOnews.com, May 31, May 24, Apple Electronics Trading (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was fined 200000 yuan by Beijing Dongcheng District Market Supervision Bureau for publishing false advertisements.

▲ Tuyuan Beijing Market Supervision Administration CTOnews.com learned that on February 14, 2022, commercial advertisements for Macbook Air notebooks sold by the parties claimed that "M1 chips have the fastest central processing unit we have built so far." according to the investigation, Apple launched the Macbook Pro equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips in October 2021, with up to 70% faster than M1.

As a result, the M1 chip was not equipped with the fastest CPU built by Apple at the time of the incident. According to the relevant provisions of the Advertising Law of the people's Republic of China, Beijing Dongcheng District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau made corresponding administrative penalties.

▲ image source Apple official website