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China issues billing rules for online platforms amid long-running merchant concerns

By MLex Staff ( August 5, 2025, 06:56 GMT | Insight) -- China has issued official guidelines to govern online platform billing practices, codifying restrictions on coercive charges and unfair fees. The release of the guidelines marks a further step in improving China’s regulatory framework for the platform economy.China has formally released guidelines to regulate billing practices by online platforms, as part of ongoing efforts to address longstanding concerns over coercive charges and opaque fee structures in the digital economy....

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