Administrative Measures for Credit Restoration in Market Regulation
Administrative Measures for Credit Restoration in Market Regulation
Administrative Measures for Credit Restoration in Market Regulation
Order of the State Administration for Market Regulation No. 107
November 21, 2025
(Issued by Order of the State Administration for Market Regulation No. 107 on November 21, 2025, and effective as of December 25, 2025)
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Interim Regulations on Enterprise Information Disclosure, to regulate credit restoration administered by market regulatory authorities, encourage the parties concerned to voluntarily correct their unlawful and dishonest conduct, and restore sound credit.
Article 2 For the purposes of these Measures, credit restoration refers to the measures taken by market regulatory authorities with respect to unlawful and dishonest information that has been publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law. Upon an application filed by the party concerned after performing the relevant obligations, correcting the dishonest conduct, and improving its credit status, or upon the expiry of the disclosure period, market regulatory authorities shall cease disclosing the relevant information and remove the party concerned from the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation. After conducting credit restoration, market regulatory authorities shall lift the corresponding regulatory measures in accordance with the law.
For the purposes of these Measures, unlawful and dishonest information refers to information publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law in the field of market regulation, including administrative penalties, negative information on the results of random inspections, inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation, and other information.
For the purposes of these Measures, negative information on the results of random inspections refers to the unlawful information discovered by market regulatory authorities during random inspections which negatively affects the credit status of the party concerned and is publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law.
Article 3 The State Administration for Market Regulation (the "SAMR") shall be responsible for organizing and guiding credit restoration carried out by market regulatory authorities nationwide.
Market regulatory authorities at or above the county level shall be responsible for credit restoration in accordance with these Measures.
Article 4 Responsibilities for credit restoration relating to unlawful and dishonest information shall be assigned among market regulatory authorities based on the following principles:
(1) Credit restoration relating to the disclosure of administrative penalty information shall be handled by the market regulatory authority that issued the administrative penalty decision;
(2) Credit restoration relating to negative information on the results of random inspections shall be generally handled by the market regulatory authority that, based on the unlawful conduct identified during the inspection, imposed the administrative penalty or made the decision on inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation. Where the first paragraph of Article 10 of these Measures provides otherwise, such provisions shall prevail;
(3) Credit restoration relating to inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations shall be handled by the market regulatory authority at the place of registration of the party concerned;
(4) Credit restoration relating to inclusion in the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation shall be handled by the market regulatory authority that made the inclusion decision.
Where the market regulatory authority that imposed the administrative penalty or made the decision on inclusion in the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation is not located in the same province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government as the market regulatory authority at the place of registration (or domicile) of the party concerned, the former shall, within three working days from the date of making the credit restoration decision, transmit the credit restoration information to the market regulatory authority at the place of registration (or domicile) of the party concerned, which shall assist in ceasing the disclosure of the relevant information on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System.
Article 5 The SAMR and market regulatory authorities at the provincial level shall, relying on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, promote the establishment of a nationwide unified platform for credit restoration in market regulation to achieve coordinated restoration, efficient administration, and timely information sharing.
Article 6 Unlawful and dishonest information in market regulation shall be subject to classified management, and different disclosure periods and restoration conditions shall, in principle, be set respectively for minor, general, and serious categories of information.
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Order of the State Administration for Market Regulation No. 107
November 21, 2025
(Issued by Order of the State Administration for Market Regulation No. 107 on November 21, 2025, and effective as of December 25, 2025)
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Interim Regulations on Enterprise Information Disclosure, to regulate credit restoration administered by market regulatory authorities, encourage the parties concerned to voluntarily correct their unlawful and dishonest conduct, and restore sound credit.
Article 2 For the purposes of these Measures, credit restoration refers to the measures taken by market regulatory authorities with respect to unlawful and dishonest information that has been publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law. Upon an application filed by the party concerned after performing the relevant obligations, correcting the dishonest conduct, and improving its credit status, or upon the expiry of the disclosure period, market regulatory authorities shall cease disclosing the relevant information and remove the party concerned from the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation. After conducting credit restoration, market regulatory authorities shall lift the corresponding regulatory measures in accordance with the law.
For the purposes of these Measures, unlawful and dishonest information refers to information publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law in the field of market regulation, including administrative penalties, negative information on the results of random inspections, inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation, and other information.
For the purposes of these Measures, negative information on the results of random inspections refers to the unlawful information discovered by market regulatory authorities during random inspections which negatively affects the credit status of the party concerned and is publicly disclosed on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System in accordance with the law.
Article 3 The State Administration for Market Regulation (the "SAMR") shall be responsible for organizing and guiding credit restoration carried out by market regulatory authorities nationwide.
Market regulatory authorities at or above the county level shall be responsible for credit restoration in accordance with these Measures.
Article 4 Responsibilities for credit restoration relating to unlawful and dishonest information shall be assigned among market regulatory authorities based on the following principles:
(1) Credit restoration relating to the disclosure of administrative penalty information shall be handled by the market regulatory authority that issued the administrative penalty decision;
(2) Credit restoration relating to negative information on the results of random inspections shall be generally handled by the market regulatory authority that, based on the unlawful conduct identified during the inspection, imposed the administrative penalty or made the decision on inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations or the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation. Where the first paragraph of Article 10 of these Measures provides otherwise, such provisions shall prevail;
(3) Credit restoration relating to inclusion in the list of enterprises with abnormal operations shall be handled by the market regulatory authority at the place of registration of the party concerned;
(4) Credit restoration relating to inclusion in the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation shall be handled by the market regulatory authority that made the inclusion decision.
Where the market regulatory authority that imposed the administrative penalty or made the decision on inclusion in the list of entities with serious unlawful and dishonest conduct in market regulation is not located in the same province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government as the market regulatory authority at the place of registration (or domicile) of the party concerned, the former shall, within three working days from the date of making the credit restoration decision, transmit the credit restoration information to the market regulatory authority at the place of registration (or domicile) of the party concerned, which shall assist in ceasing the disclosure of the relevant information on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System.
Article 5 The SAMR and market regulatory authorities at the provincial level shall, relying on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, promote the establishment of a nationwide unified platform for credit restoration in market regulation to achieve coordinated restoration, efficient administration, and timely information sharing.
Article 6 Unlawful and dishonest information in market regulation shall be subject to classified management, and different disclosure periods and restoration conditions shall, in principle, be set respectively for minor, general, and serious categories of information.
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