The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation announced on the evening of October 15 that they had set up a joint investigation team to investigate automobile quality.
On October 15, 115 days after the joint investigation team of four departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation was established, a report was issued stating that formamide was not detected in 368 batches of infant diapers from 180 brands sampled, nor in 210 blood samples stored by the Shandong Provincial Public Health Clinical Center. It was concluded that the center's earlier testing had involved such problems as selectively choosing data points and deleting raw data. The Shandong Provincial Health Commission has taken action against the relevant medical institutions and personnel, but did not disclose the specific targets or measures.
On October 12, "Formamide Diapers Investigation, 3-Month Progress Bar 0" trended on Weibo's social chart. Poster News pointed out that on June 22, four departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation formed a joint investigation team and promised to release information promptly; more than three months later, no progress has been disclosed. Some parents said they have weaned their children off diapers, and netizens sarcastically remarked, "This time it's not leading, it's life without parole."
The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued Document No. 1303, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Cost Accounting for Low-Price and Disorderly Competition in Important Industrial Products," requiring cost accounting for important industrial products.
The CCP's National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued NDRC Price [2026] No. 1303, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Cost Accounting for Low-Price Disorderly Competition in Important Industrial Products," stipulating that important industrial products must not engage in low-price disorderly competition, and determining a cost floor price for enterprises through administrative means.
On August 24, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued guidelines requiring Chinese automakers to avoid frequent and large price adjustments overseas and not to disrupt market order.
The photovoltaic industry association released the General Rules for the Cost Accounting Model of the Photovoltaic Industry, which stipulates that the full cost of polysilicon material is 43 yuan per kilogram; the State Administration for Market Regulation subsequently carried out compliance guidance and required enterprises to implement it.
The State Administration for Market Regulation determined that Ctrip violated Article 22 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, confiscating illegal gains of 1.658 billion and imposing a fine of 3.521 billion, totaling 5.179 billion in fines and confiscations.
China's market regulator imposed an administrative penalty on Ctrip for monopolistic conduct, ordering it to refund order deposit funds, confiscating its illegal gains and imposing a hefty fine, with total fines and confiscations exceeding 5 billion yuan.
On June 5, 2026, the State Administration for Market Regulation disclosed that the State Council Food Safety Office, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, formed a working group and went to the site to urge, guide, and verify the issue of excessive antibiotics in Wangkui Shuanghui pork.
The State Administration for Market Regulation summoned the photovoltaic industry association and six leading companies for talks over industry collusion to raise prices, ordering a halt to self-imposed production and price limits, which caused polysilicon futures to hit the limit down.