SAMR Issues Administrative Measures for the List of Entities with Serious Unlawful and Dishonest Conduct in Market Regulation

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has released the Administrative Measures for the List of Entities with Serious Unlawful and Dishonest Conduct in Market Regulation (the "Measures"), which will take effect on July 15, 2026.

The Measures further clarify responsibilities, optimize procedures, enhance operability, and ensure alignment with relevant laws and administrative regulations. In particular, the Measures provide that, after a relatively severe administrative penalty has been imposed by a law enforcement and case-handling authority, the authority responsible for credit supervision shall be responsible for including the relevant entity in the list. Specifically, Article 12 of the Measures provides that where, after case review or legal review has been completed, the case-handling agency of a market regulation authority determines that an administrative penalty party falls under any of the circumstances for inclusion in the list prescribed in Articles 4 through 9 and Item (1) of Article 10 of the Measures, it shall promptly notify the authority responsible for credit supervision of the relevant case information. This helps clarify the division of responsibilities among relevant authorities and ensures smooth coordination between administrative penalty procedures and inclusion procedures. The Measures also add a new circumstance for inclusion in the list, namely, where an enterprise conceals the true situation or commits fraud in publicly disclosed information and the circumstances are serious, thereby strengthening credit supervision over enterprise information disclosure activities.



(Source: https://www.samr.gov.cn/zw/zfxxgk/fdzdgknr/fgs/art/2026/art_3aadc26ec30e4bab9c16b5f953014172.html)

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