The Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has outlined its key priorities for 2026, with a significant focus on investigating monopolistic practices in sectors such as the platform economy. The authority will deepen its comprehensive crackdown on "rat race" competition among accommodation and catering platform enterprises. Efforts will also be accelerated to establish a national monitoring platform for live-streaming e-commerce. Additionally, a stringent stance will be maintained against "professional store closers," with reinforced implementation of registration and capital custody systems, alongside the promotion of third-party platforms offering advance compensation.
In 2025, the competitiveness of business entities in the city continued to strengthen. The total number of registered business entities reached 2.8697 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.83%, with technology-based enterprises accounting for over 40% of the total.
To foster the healthy and orderly development of the platform economy in 2026, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation will conduct comprehensive "health checks" on major platform companies. The administration will target the issue of "rat race" competition prevalent among platform enterprises in sectors like accommodation and catering, initiating an all-chain rectification. This will involve dynamically refining negative lists and updating platform compliance management guidelines. A robust monitoring mechanism will be established, enforcement will be strengthened, and key cases will be investigated to promote mutually beneficial development for both platform companies and the businesses and workers operating within them.
Regarding the standardization of online trading秩序, the administration will continue to enhance monitoring and supervision of key products, including prohibited and restricted items. It will further solidify the primary responsibility of platforms to maintain a fair and trustworthy online market environment.
Furthermore, to address the development and challenges of new business formats like live-streaming e-commerce, the administration is expediting the construction of a national live-streaming e-commerce monitoring platform. It is exploring the creation of a data-driven, intelligently assessed, multi-stakeholder governance system for penetrating oversight of live-streaming e-commerce.
Over the past year, the administration has advanced the normalized supervision of the platform economy, leading to a significant improvement in governance effectiveness. Comprehensive measures against "rat race" competition have begun to show initial results. In key sectors like accommodation and catering, negative lists outlining eight types of behaviors were established, and the integrated整治 of platform "rat race" competition has achieved preliminary success.
In innovating regulatory and service mechanisms, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has taken a leading role nationally. It pioneered the establishment of "Enterprise Compliance Development Service Stations" for platform companies, a compliance evaluation mechanism, and a panoramic profile system for platform entities. Supervision of new formats like live-streaming e-commerce has been continuously intensified. Monitoring now covers over 8,000 key live-streaming rooms across the city. The administration was also the first in China to release ten measures targeting unreasonable business practices in online sales and live-streaming commerce, and it issued the nation's first model contract for live-streaming sales.
Additionally, the administration has collaborated with relevant departments to actively safeguard the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment. Currently, Party committees have achieved full coverage in the online delivery industry, and 1,249 diverse and friendly "Warmth for Newcomers" sites have been established.
The Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has stated its commitment to maintaining fair competition market秩序 and actively integrating into and serving the development of a national unified market. It will prioritize investigating monopolistic behaviors in sectors such as public utilities and the platform economy. Deep-rooted issues including counterfeit goods, false advertising, predatory pricing, and illegal advertisements will be rigorously addressed to foster a market秩序 characterized by high quality, fair pricing, and healthy competition. The administration will deepen collaborative market regulation within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, focusing on unifying basic systems and rules, enhancing quality support and industrial cooperation, strengthening regulatory enforcement coordination, and joint management of key areas, thereby using regional market integration to serve the national unified market.
To enhance consumer protection in 2025, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation upgraded its management of single-purpose prepaid cards. It released the nation's first local standard for administrative mediation services in consumer disputes and the "Beijing Guidance on Offline No-Reason Return Commitments (Trial)," aiming to stimulate consumption vitality. The administration coordinated the management of single-purpose prepaid cards, reinforced industry department responsibilities, optimized the monitoring system, and severely cracked down on dishonest and违规 card issuance practices.
Entering 2026, the administration will continue to focus on prominent issues in the consumer sector. It will implement five major actions aimed at improving the quality of consumer supply, optimizing market秩序, and enhancing the efficiency of rights protection. Plans include establishing 100 consumer rights protection service stations and 50 consumer education bases. The anti-tampering functions of 10,000 electronic weighing scales across the city will be upgraded, and a pilot "Beijing Consumption Code" will be launched to achieve collaborative governance among consumers, businesses, and regulatory bodies.
Simultaneously, the implementation of registration and capital custody systems across 14 industry regulatory departments will be strengthened. A high-pressure stance against "professional store closers" will be maintained, and the model of third-party platforms providing "Assured Consumption" advance compensation will be promoted. The "Immediate Response upon Complaint" mechanism will be deepened to facilitate efficient complaint handling and address issues at their source. Specific campaigns, such as monthly focuses on addressing food delivery safety concerns, will be implemented to promote proactive governance and preemptive problem-solving.
In 2025, the administration handled several nationwide first-of-their-kind cases, including those involving "professional trolls," misuse of online platforms to create confusion regarding DeepSeek, dissemination of false advertisements using AI, and illegal modification of electric bicycles into electric motorcycles. It also conducted a centralized destruction event for infringing and counterfeit goods in 2025, with the total value of destroyed goods reaching 12.4 million yuan.
In the field of food safety for 2026, Beijing will accelerate the construction of a food safety traceability system and a risk early warning and prevention system. It will deepen the development of "Internet + AI supervision" for food safety. A risk-oriented food safety sampling and monitoring mechanism will be improved, with special campaigns launched in key areas such as online food delivery safety. Pilot projects for targeted governance, including initiatives to upgrade the catering sector, will be promoted, and oversight of school meal safety will be strengthened.
To enhance the management of school meals, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has introduced a new supply model of "central kitchen + micro-kitchen." Video feeds from all off-campus meal suppliers' food processing areas have been connected to a digital platform. Additionally, governance of food delivery safety has been intensified. Beijing was the first in China to provide外卖 platforms with full access to餐饮 licensing data interfaces, aiding platforms in real-time qualification audits.
The business survival rate over the past three years has exceeded 75%. In 2025, a total of 380,100 new business entities were established in Beijing. By the end of 2025, the total number of business entities reached 2.8697 million, representing a growth of 6.83% year-on-year, with technology-based enterprises constituting over 40%. The quality of business entity development has ranked first in the nation for three consecutive years.
Reforms to the business environment have been comprehensively deepened, featuring "unobtrusive restoration" of corporate credit. Nationally, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation took the lead in issuing a series of local standards for "Service Specifications for Business Entity Registration" and pioneered a new service model for equity trust property registration. It issued the country's first business license for the transformation of a sole proprietorship into a limited liability company and introduced new regulations for business premises (住所) registration, with 20 innovative measures further releasing resources for business addresses.
In 2025, the chain rate of pharmacies in the city increased from 58% to 71%. The administration issued regulations for the licensing of pharmaceutical retail enterprises, encouraging连锁 and compliant development. Furthermore, a "cloud service" for credit repair was launched, enabling 80,000 instances of business entities to achieve "unobtrusive" credit restoration. A special campaign was conducted to rectify违规 fee charges targeting enterprises, resulting in refunds totaling 108 million yuan, effectively alleviating the burden on businesses.
The effectiveness of integrated comprehensive supervision has significantly improved, reducing the burden on enterprises. Beijing refined its "scan-to-inspect" mechanism, achieving a scan rate of nearly 100%. Off-site inspections accounted for 70.6% of the total, markedly enhancing监管 quality and efficiency. The application of credit risk classification management across multiple scenarios was advanced, enabling more precise supervision. Data shows that in 2025, the "no disturbance without cause" list included 550,000 enterprises. Pilot programs for "comprehensive inspection at once" were conducted, significantly reducing the burden on enterprises.
To create a first-class business environment in the capital, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation will introduce a series of innovative measures. These include deepening reforms in business premises registration and promoting standardized registration models for addresses. The application of electronic business licenses will be expanded, and the interconnection of license and permit data will be facilitated. The formulation of local standards for company registration will be accelerated. Efforts to "efficiently handle matters related to opening a餐饮店" will be advanced to support the thriving development of the餐饮 industry. Additionally, activities such as the "Business Environment Reception Room" will continue to be held to smooth communication channels between government and enterprises.
In terms of innovating监管 methods and enhancing监管 efficiency, the administration will strengthen the quality assessment of the "scan-to-inspect" mechanism and vigorously promote "code-display inspections." By implementing hierarchical and classified management of监管 items, the quality and effectiveness of supervision in key areas will be improved. Standardization of off-site监管 will be promoted, building a closed-loop mechanism for "district-level innovation, municipal-level empowerment, and city-wide promotion." Efforts will also be made to advance regulatory and enforcement coordination, bridging the gap between industry-specific supervision and comprehensive law enforcement "two lists."