Conference updated on China's regulation of e-commerce

HANGZHOU, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's commerce regulators have shut down 168 illegal e-commerce websites in 2012, patrolling a bustling online shopping environment, attendees of a conference on e-commerce regulations on Tuesday were told.

Authorities have inspected 290,000 e-commerce websites and 28,000 offline stores this year, it was revealed at the conference, which gathered heads of industry and commerce administrations from around the country in Hangzhou, provincial capital of Zhejiang.

So far, 167 illegal cases have been busted and 7.14 million items of illegal online shopping information have been deleted in 2012.

Law violations concerning e-commerce have declined rapidly, as some 1,400 illegal websites were shut down and 34 million pieces of illegal shopping information were deleted in 2011.

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