01 Apr 2022
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It increasingly sounds like platform economy regulation will get less disruptive this year.
Yesterday, the Department of Internet Transaction Supervision and Administration at China’s market regulator (SAMR) held a meeting to discuss plans for regulating e-commerce platforms in 2022.
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