Logo 18 Nov 2025

Yangtze Delta River provinces move to rein in predatory fines

Subscribe to keep reading.

Sign up to stay briefed on what the Chinese government is doing, thinking, and saying.

Already a subscriber? Log in.

Local governments are cracking down on illicit fines.
Recently, provincial governments in the Yangtze Delta River (YDR) region – Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Anhui – released measures to rein in cross-jurisdictional business fines.

This is the first such regional initiative in the country.

Som...