Seven e-commerce platforms express their sincere acceptance of the punishment imposed by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and resolutely implement their food safety responsibilities.

On April 17, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed administrative penalties on 7 e-commerce platforms including Pinduoduo, Meituan, JD, Ele.me, Douyin, Taobao, and Tmall for their involvement in the "ghost delivery" series of cases. The 7 platforms were ordered to correct their illegal behavior, suspend the addition of cake shops for 3 to 9 months, and were fined a total of 35.97 billion RMB. In addition, fines totaling 19.68 million RMB were imposed on the legal representatives and food safety directors of the 7 platform companies. Pinduoduo stated that they sincerely accept this and will strictly comply. "We will take this as a warning, further standardize our business processes, and improve. We will adhere to our original intention and actively fulfill our social responsibilities." Meituan responded, "We will implement various rectification measures in accordance with food safety supervision requirements, comprehensively enhance governance capabilities, and under the guidance of regulatory authorities at all levels, resolutely crack down on illegal activities such as restaurant switching and the use of fake qualifications to go online, further upgrade measures and strengthen governance efforts to effectively protect the safety of takeaway food." JD said, "We fully accept and firmly support the implementation of the food safety supervision requirements of the State Administration for Market Regulation. JD will continue to upgrade technological means, optimize review mechanisms, strengthen the responsibility of the main body, ensure food safety and quality. We sincerely thank and welcome continuous supervision from all sectors, and jointly promote the standardization and quality improvement of the industry." Taobao Flash Sale responded by stating they will resolutely implement the relevant administrative penalties of the State Administration for Market Regulation. "We will conduct a comprehensive inspection in accordance with food safety supervision requirements, resolutely govern, and continue to carry out platform compliance construction and rectification work in a continuous and normalized manner, resolutely eliminating the breeding ground for grey and black production, truly implement the 'protection of food safety on the tip of the tongue'." Douyin stated, "We sincerely accept this penalty and will implement it resolutely. We will continue to strengthen lawful operation, continuously improve compliance governance levels, effectively fulfill social responsibilities, actively create a healthy platform ecology, and work with merchants on the platform to provide superior services to consumers." TaoTian Group stated they will resolutely implement the relevant administrative penalties of the State Administration for Market Regulation. "We will conduct a comprehensive inspection in accordance with food safety supervision requirements, resolutely govern, and continue to carry out platform compliance construction and rectification work in a continuous and normalized manner, resolutely eliminating the breeding ground for grey and black production, truly implement the 'protection of food safety on the tip of the tongue'."