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Distorted competition in China blamed for weakening consumer confidence

By MLex Staff ( September 17, 2025, 07:02 GMT | Insight) -- Irrational competition is undermining China’s push for high-quality growth and weighing on consumer trust and product innovation, a leading competition-law scholar has warned — prompting calls for systemic legal support to restore confidence and boost demand. In a speech delivered in July and published this week in Qiushi, President Xi Jinping unveiled a six-point set of action priorities. Topping the list is a crackdown on “disorderly low-price competition.” Irrational competition is undermining China’s push for high-quality growth and weighing on consumer trust and product innovation, a leading competition-law scholar has warned — prompting calls for systemic legal support to restore confidence and boost demand....

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