PDD Employees Assaulting Regulators? Official Clarification: Not the Case

Deep News12-10

As of December 10, 2025, no public information confirms any incident involving PDD Holdings Inc employees assaulting officials from China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).

A notable related event occurred in 2025 when a former PDD employee, using the pseudonym "码代码的喵2018," publicly accused Wen Xue, former deputy director of SAMR's Advertising Department, and Xu Mintao, former deputy head of Shanghai Market Regulatory Bureau's Policy and Regulation Division, of violating China's Civil Servant Law. The whistleblower alleged both officials joined PDD in senior PR roles—Wen as Vice President of Public Affairs in November 2020 and Xu as PR Director in 2019—shortly after leaving their government positions, breaching post-employment restrictions for civil servants.

Wen was reportedly still employed at SAMR as of October 16, 2019, while Xu held his regulatory role until 2018. The case highlights ongoing scrutiny over the revolving door between regulators and regulated industries.

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