There's news coverage about it, and they even hired AI as a commentator! 👀 Pinduoduo employee assaults regulatory personnel? Doubao: That's not the case. As of December 10, 2025, there is no publicly available information indicating that any Pinduoduo employee assaulted a staff member of the State Administration for Market Regulation. A relatively well-known incident related to Pinduoduo and the State Administration for Market Regulation is this: In 2025, a former Pinduoduo employee, "CodeMeow2018," filed a formal complaint: Wen Xue, Deputy Director of the Advertising Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and Xu Mintao, Deputy Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, violated the Civil Servant Law by taking positions at Pinduoduo after leaving their respective positions. The employee stated that Wen Xue was still employed by the State Administration for Market Regulation on October 16, 2019, and joined Pinduoduo as Vice President of Public Relations in November 2020. Xu Mintao was still employed by the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation in 2018 and joined Pinduoduo as Public Relations Director in 2019, both violating regulations restricting civil servants from taking positions after leaving their posts.