What will be the impact of China’s 100-day action on the direct selling channel going forward? Time will tell. When Direct Selling News released its Global 100 list of the top direct selling companies in the world in June, one country was conspicuously underrepresented. China, the second largest direct selling market, had only one company […]

China’s 100-day action to crack down on illegal practices in the health products market, including those by direct selling companies, has ended. A total of 49 direct selling products have been revoked. Earlier this week, the 13 Chinese departments that launched the nationwide 100-day campaign in January to rectify the health market chaos jointly held a […]

Increased scrutiny by the Chinese government of health companies in the direct selling sector has intensified since December after high-profile incidents. In December, Tianjin-based Quanjian Group was investigated for false advertising after it used the image of a girl who died of cancer in a promotional poster for cancer-fighting products. Eighteen employees of the company were later detained […]