The Market Supervision Administration has introduced new measures to crack down on "ghost scales", shifting from "regulating equipment" to "regulating entities and credit".

On the morning of June 16, the State Administration for Market Regulation held a routine press conference for the second quarter of 2026. Wang Qiuping, the spokesperson and director of the News and Publicity Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that on that day, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued China's first normative document on credit evaluation for the measurement of trade markets, marking a crucial step towards modern credit governance in consumer measurement regulation. Wang Qiuping pointed out that trade markets are important places for daily consumption for urban and rural residents, and the root cause of the frequent "ghost scale" problem lies in the lack of integrity of the operators.