Officials summoned Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Douyin and RedNote over marketing practices, underscoring official concern about subsidy wars.

Market regulator orders Taobao, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Douyin and others to halt non-compliant behavior including false advertising during the ongoing ‘618’ shopping festival

Chinese e-commerce giants Temu and JD.com were among five major platforms summoned for talks over misleading advertising on Thursday, Beijing's market watchdog said.