China's Beijing market regulator to target utilities, platforms in 2026
( February 9, 2026, 05:41 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s Beijing market regulator said it will prioritize investigations into public utilities and platform companies in 2026, enhance digital regulatory tools and deepen regional supervisory integration to support the national unified market. The Municipal Administration for Market Regulation said at its annual work conference on Saturday that governance of the platform economy improved in 2025, citing measures to curb “involution-style” competition — destructive, hyper-competitive behavior — in the lodging and catering sectors, expanded monitoring of live-commerce activity and the rollout of model contracts.Statement follows (in Chinese). ...
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