In the afternoon of March 31, 2013, according to Caixin.com, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei said today when attending the second "Lingnan Forum" that WeChat may charge fees, but it will not charge a large amount. . The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is coordinating operators’ WeChat charges, and they will consider operators’ reasonable requests.

On April 2, 2013, "Securities Market Weekly" learned from insiders close to the decision-making level of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. "It is certain that WeChat will charge fees, but the specific fees are still under consideration."

On April 5, 2013, WeChat's official Weibo issued a refutation message, denying various rumors of charging fees and stating There will be no charge for WeChat’s basic services.

On the evening of April 9, 2013, the official Weibo of the WeChat team posted on Weibo that "The WeChat team has launched a 2.5G network optimization plan and is currently discussing signaling with the operator's operation and maintenance department." I believe that a solution will be found through joint efforts.”

On April 11, 2013, China Business News reported that Chuangbo Asia Pacific had infringed on invention patent rights. A lawsuit was filed against Tencent in the Jinan Intermediate People's Court. The case has been accepted by the court and will be heard on May 8, 2013. The patent allegedly infringed by Tencent WeChat is a patent titled "System and Method for Providing Online Yellow Pages Phone Directory Associated with Location Information". It was applied by Hou Wanchun, founder of Chuangbo Asia Pacific, on May 21, 2009. Invented and obtained patent rights on July 2, 2011.

On April 16, 2013, an announcement involving bidding by Shenzhou Taiyue revealed Fetion’s roadmap for the next year. China Mobile plans to add video calling and other functions to the Fetion mobile version, and also plans to increase user stickiness in the mobile desktop and ROM. Analysts say Fetion’s layout may be a way to attack WeChat.

On April 23, 2013, Zhang Feng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Department of Communications Development, stated at a regular press conference of the State Council Information Office: New businesses such as the Internet and mobile Internet Whether to charge or not is determined by the market, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to the principle that "the operators make their own decisions based on market conditions." This is the first time that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has officially responded to the WeChat charging issue.