Recent Details of Chinese E-commerce Giant Pinduoduo’s Violent Resistance to Law Revealed
China’s e-commerce giant Pinduoduo’s violent resistance to law enforcement has come to light, with more shocking details emerging. Apart from causing a fractured index finger and soft tissue injuries to the right ankle of law enforcement officers, the incident also resulted in a head injury to one officer who had to be hospitalized. To add to the astonishment, a Pinduoduo employee was reported to have “destroyed” evidence during an official visit.
The State Administration for Market Regulation of China announced on April 17th the administrative penalties for seven e-commerce platforms involved in the “ghost delivery” case, citing Pinduoduo’s obstructive behavior during the investigation process.
According to a report by “China Quality Daily” on April 20th, on December 3, 2025, when law enforcement officers visited Pinduoduo and were refused relevant evidence, an employee forcefully shut the door, causing one officer to suffer a fractured index finger on the left hand and soft tissue injuries to the right foot.
The report mentioned that on the late night of December 4th of the same year, during another visit for investigation, Pinduoduo’s security chief suddenly lost control of his emotions and, in front of the police and special team, led a group of individuals to forcibly enter the scene, resulting in a violent altercation with law enforcement officers and another officer being hospitalized for a head injury.
On December 5th, the special team along with the police and market supervision department launched an investigation into Pinduoduo for the previous day’s violent resistance to law enforcement. During the questioning, one Pinduoduo employee wrote “silence” and “do not speak” on a piece of A4 paper, which was later discovered by the special team.
The report revealed that shockingly, the Pinduoduo employee crumpled the A4 paper with the aforementioned words and ingested it in front of everyone present at the scene.
It is worth noting that during the incident in early December last year, this news was suppressed.
At that time, there were rumors circulating on mainland Chinese websites about “multiple Pinduoduo executives engaging in physical altercations with officials from the State Administration for Market Regulation”. However, Pinduoduo issued a statement denying the allegations, stating that the rumors were “purely fictitious and unrelated to the facts,” and the Chinese market supervision authority did not comment at the time.
Following the incident, on December 10th last year, Pinduoduo’s U.S. stocks dropped over 2% upon opening, with pre-market trading experiencing a temporary decline of more than 3%.
Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that when officials from the State Administration for Market Regulation of China visited Pinduoduo’s Shanghai office for investigation, at least two physical altercations occurred between Pinduoduo employees and the officials. After the incidents, law enforcement arrested several individuals involved.
The report mentioned that instances of physical altercations between employees of large Chinese enterprises and regulatory personnel are extremely rare.
On December 16th last year, Caixin Online reported that individuals close to Pinduoduo stated that as a result of the altercation, several employees in Pinduoduo’s governmental relations department were dismissed. However, the report did not disclose any details of the violent confrontations between Pinduoduo employees and regulatory personnel.
Recently, discussions in Chinese media comment sections have mainly revolved around the Pinduoduo penalty incident. 42% of users expressed shock and condemnation at the details of the “violent resistance to law,” while 31% supported severe penalties, considering it a just outcome. 18% questioned whether the fine was sufficient to address the issue fundamentally, and 9% expressed concerns about the damage to consumer rights and platform ecology.
Some netizens pointed out that this incident is extremely rare in Chinese corporate history. The combination of “physical altercations” and “consuming evidence on the spot” not only reveals the severely deteriorated relationship between the platform and regulatory agencies but also reflects Pinduoduo’s internally radical “wolf culture”.
Some netizens bluntly questioned why Pinduoduo dared to “resist law enforcement.” Pinduoduo is notorious for selling counterfeit goods, but has historically gone unpunished by the Chinese authorities, leading to speculation about its deep-rooted connections.
On December 17th, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced administrative penalties against seven e-commerce platforms, including Pinduoduo, Meituan, JD, Taobao Flash Sales, Douyin, Taobao, and Tmall, for their involvement in the “ghost delivery” of food, imposing a total fine of 35.97 billion yuan, with Pinduoduo facing the highest penalty of 15.22 billion yuan.
“Ghost delivery” refers to operators who lack food business licenses using methods such as renting licenses, falsifying addresses, and using fake storefront photos to operate food delivery on e-commerce platforms. The focus of the Chinese authorities this time was on the “ghost shops” that resold cake delivery orders at low prices, causing consumers to purchase low-quality cakes with potential food safety concerns.