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China policy adviser outlines platform-governance blueprint as SAMR sharpens competition focus

By MLex Staff ( December 30, 2025, 07:36 GMT | Insight) -- A senior adviser at a top economic think tank under China’s main planning agency has laid out a broad blueprint for governing the platform economy, calling for graded, full-chain and technology-enabled regulation as authorities step up efforts to curb destructive competition. Writing in Study Times, Tan Yongsheng, a deputy director at a think tank under China’s National Development and Reform Commission, highlighted the platform economy’s role as a key engine for growth and job creation, while cautioning that competition has slid into “involution-style” rivalry marked by price wars and subsidies that undermine innovation and quality.A senior adviser at a top economic think tank under China’s main planning agency has laid out a broad blueprint for governing the platform economy, calling for graded, full-chain and technology-enabled regulation as authorities step up efforts to curb destructive competition....

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