New rules improve e-vendor supervision

Shanghai's first regulation governing the rapidly developing online food-ordering market requires online platforms to display vendors' latest operating licenses on their web pages.

It is an important way to put the vendors under public supervision and to let consumers know whether vendors are providing food products that are beyond their authorized scope of business, Yan Zuqiang, head of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, told a media briefing on Wednesday.

The new regulation takes effect on Sept 1.