China targets destructive competition with corporate-credit enforcement
By MLex Staff ( May 28, 2026, 07:39 GMT | Insight) -- China’s market regulator launched a nationwide campaign using corporate-credit enforcement tools to target so-called “involution-style” competition in sectors including food delivery, livestream commerce and industrial manufacturing. The State Administration for Market Regulation said authorities would use public penalty disclosures, abnormal-business listings and blacklists for serious violations to increase scrutiny of companies engaged in excessive rivalry.China’s market regulator has launched a nationwide campaign using corporate-credit enforcement tools against excessive competition, targeting sectors including food delivery, livestream commerce and key industrial-product manufacturing fields where destructive rivalry is considered prevalent....
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