Attention! Effective February 1, 2026
A Batch of New Regulations to Be Officially ImplementedCovering Social Security, Livelihood and Other FieldsDirectly Impacting Your Travel, Daily Life and ConsumptionLet’s Find Out Together ↓
Rules on RMB Cash Receipt and Payment
The Rules on RMB Cash Receipt, Payment and Related Services, jointly formulated by the People's Bank of China, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Financial Regulatory Administration, will be officially implemented on February 1, 2026.
The Rules stipulate that:
Cash payment must be supported for transactions involving manual collection, face-to-face services and a combination of online and offline services, with sufficient small change provided;
Unmanned service equipment must display cash conversion methods in a prominent position to protect the public's right to choose payment methods.
Supervision and Administration Measures for Online Trading Platform Rules
The Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Trading Platform Rules, jointly issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Cyberspace Administration of China, will take effect on February 1, 2026.
The Measures clearly state that no online trading platform may:
Impose unreasonable restrictions on the independent business activities of operators on the platform, or collect unreasonable fees, liquidated damages or compensation for damages by virtue of platform rules;
Exclude or restrict consumers' rights, mitigate or exempt itself from liabilities, unreasonably increase consumers' liabilities, engage in big data price discrimination against regular customers, or unilaterally and arbitrarily alter platform rules to damage the rights and interests of members when providing membership services, by virtue of platform rules.
Supervision and Administration Measures for Live-stream E-commerce
The Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Live-stream E-commerce, jointly issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Cyberspace Administration of China, will be officially enforced on February 1, 2026.
Focusing on four types of entities: live-stream e-commerce platform operators, live broadcast room operators, live-stream marketing personnel and service institutions for live-stream marketing personnel, the Measures define red lines for conduct and improve the supervision mechanism, stipulating that:
Live broadcast room operators shall improve systems for information disclosure, identity verification, pre-compliance review and anchor error correction;
MCN institutions shall standardize the recruitment, training and management of anchors.
Expanded Coverage of Railway "Quiet Carriage" Service
The coverage of the railway "Quiet Carriage" service will be expanded starting from February 1.
The service will be extended to all D-series and G-series power decentralized multiple unit trains except for sleeper EMUs. By then, the number of railway trains providing the "Quiet Carriage" service nationwide will increase to more than 8,000.
Regulating Fair and Civilized Law Enforcement
The Regulations on the Supervision of Administrative Law Enforcement will come into force on February 1, 2026.
The Regulations aim to strengthen and standardize the supervision of administrative law enforcement, promote strict, standardized, fair and civilized law enforcement, raise the level of law-based administrative law enforcement, and consolidate the development of a law-based government.
National Standard for Community Disaster Reduction Signs
The national standard Public Information Signs for Community Comprehensive Disaster Reduction will be implemented on February 1.
Providing guidance for community disaster prevention and reduction work, the standard covers a variety of sign types, including natural disaster warning signs, signs for key functional places such as emergency shelters, evacuation guidance signs, and comprehensive floor plans such as community disaster risk and comprehensive disaster reduction maps.
New National Standard Safeguards the Transportation of Power Lithium Batteries
The national standard Technical Requirements for Transportation Safety and Multimodal Transport of Power Lithium Batteries will be implemented on February 1, 2026.
The standard specifies the classification and grading of power lithium battery transportation, as well as requirements for transportation packaging, consignment, loading and unloading, temporary storage, multimodal transport and emergency disposal. Based on the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations, it innovatively establishes a grading standard for power lithium battery transportation, improves packaging performance requirements for in-use and waste batteries, and promotes technical cost reduction, quality improvement and efficiency enhancement.
Multiple Measures to Strengthen Coal Mine Work Safety Management
The revised Coal Mine Safety Regulations will take effect on February 1.
The revised Regulations include the identification of coal mine disaster grades such as gas grade, rock burst and coal seam spontaneous combustion tendency, coal dust explosibility, and open-pit coal mine landslide risk into the scope of safety inspection and testing. It also stipulates that identification institutions must have the qualifications prescribed by the state.
For the first time, the revised Regulations require low-gas coal mines to establish a system to prevent abnormal gas emissions, and explicitly prohibit the "blind gas emission" practice — namely, the act of discharging all accumulated gas at one time without controlling the air volume during gas emission.
Electronic Invoices to Be Fully Adopted for Toll Roads in Beijing
Starting from February 1, 2026, paper invoices (receipts) will no longer be provided on-site at mixed lanes of all toll roads in Beijing, and electronic invoices (receipts) will be fully adopted. This digital measure will improve traffic efficiency and optimize public services.
UAV Experience Zones Set Up in 3 Urban Parks in Shanghai
The Interim Measures for the Administration of Flight Safety of Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Shanghai will be implemented on February 1, 2026.
The Measures stipulate that micro, light and small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) do not need to apply for approval when flying in suitable airspace, but require approval from air traffic management institutions when flying in controlled airspace. The Expo Culture Park, Century Park and Shanghai Botanical Garden will be designated as flight experience zones for public consumer-grade (micro, light and small) UAVs.
Source: China News Service - CCTV News Client
