With the robust development of the internet industry, online shopping has become a vital consumption channel for the public. However, the booming e-commerce industry has also witnessed a surge in illegal activities, which severely infringe upon consumers' legitimate rights and interests, disrupt fair market competition, and hinder the healthy development of the sector.
From January 2024 to June 2025, procuratorial organs across the country prosecuted over 10,000 individuals involved in e-commerce-related crimes. In handling the cases, prosecutors identified several prominent issues that warrant special attention.
First, the sale of counterfeit and substandard goods via e-commerce platforms, which is strictly prohibited, remains a prominent issue. Compared to traditional counterfeiting crimes, those conducted through online platforms are characterized by lower costs, more novel marketing tactics, more concealed channels, and greater challenges for regulation.
Second, the rampant leakage of citizens' personal information has become increasingly prominent. As the e-commerce industry involves multiple sectors such as communication, logistics, retail, and the internet, it holds vast amounts of personal data. Driven by profit, some individuals in the industry unlawfully obtain and sell or provide personal information.
Third, fraud perpetrated through e-commerce livestreaming demands greater vigilance. Using e-commerce livestreaming platforms, some lawbreakers capitalize on the public's difficulty in discerning the authenticity of live-streamed products and cheat consumers into shopping by meticulously crafting livestreaming scripts, such as repackaging low-cost goods as high-value items and using deceptive narratives such as "high-priced buyback".
Procuratorial organs will continue to faithfully perform their legal duties and intensify efforts to combat crimes such as the production and sale of counterfeit goods, personal information infringement, and fraud. They will crack down on illegal activities within the so-called "illegal and gray-zone industries" of e-commerce to promote sound cyberspace governance.
Furthermore, procuratorial organs will improve mechanisms for information sharing with administrative law enforcement agencies, strengthening the two-way transference between administrative enforcement and criminal justice. They will also fully leverage their public interest litigation prosecution to actively promote better industry governance.
