Compared with the real economy, the virtual economy refers to the economic activities related to the circular movement in which virtual capital mainly relies on the financial system. Simply put, it is the activities directly based on Qian Shengqian. Such as stocks, gambling, futures and financial management, all belong to the category of virtual economy. Virtual economy is the product of highly developed market economy, with the ultimate goal of serving the real economy. With the rapid development of virtual economy, its scale has surpassed that of real economy, and it has become an economic category relatively independent from real economy.
Virtual economy is not pyramid selling, but new concepts and high technology are commonly used by pyramid sellers, and virtual economy is also used by pyramid sellers to whitewash pyramid selling. Whether it is a pyramid scheme or not should be judged according to the specific operation mode. Those who have the following behaviors at the same time belong to pyramid schemes:
1. Entry fees need to be paid.
2. Need to develop downline. It is necessary to constantly find collaborators and induce others to double their income under the guise of forming a team.
3, according to the number of people below and the business performance of these people, decide how much return you have.
the State Council
Article 7 of the Regulations on the Prohibition of MLM
The following acts belong to pyramid schemes:
(1) The organizer or the operator, through the development of personnel, asks the developed personnel to develop other personnel to join, and calculates and pays remuneration (including material rewards and other economic benefits, the same below) to the developed personnel based on the number of personnel who have developed directly or indirectly, so as to seek illegal benefits;
(2) the organizer or business operator, through the development of personnel, demands the developed personnel to pay fees or pays fees in disguised form by subscribing for commodities, etc., so as to obtain the qualification to join or develop other personnel to join and seek illegal benefits;
(3) The organizer or business operator, through the development of personnel, requests the developed personnel to develop other personnel to join, thus forming an up-and-down relationship, and calculating and paying the online remuneration based on the sales performance of the offline, so as to seek illegal benefits.