Guangxi issues ten rules for tourism shopping, cracking down on forced consumption and other irregularities.

On April 27, the Guangxi Tourism Association issued a "ten not allowed" initiative to all tourism shopping places in Guangxi: 1. Not allowed to operate in a box, enclosed, or semi-enclosed manner. Adhere to open and transparent operation, with complete licenses, clear pricing, and open to the public, and willingly accept industry regulation and supervision. 2. Not allowed to conduct brainwashing propaganda, false explanations, or exaggerated misleading consumption. Do not conduct centralized brainwashing or training sessions, do not engage in false efficacy propaganda, fabricate stories, intimidate or induce customers, and do not mislead tourists into buying goods. 3. Not allowed to engage in commercial bribery or improper benefit transmission. Do not send improper benefits to travel agencies, tour guides, or leaders in the form of kickbacks, head fees, parking fees, tea fees, benefits fees, team shares, etc. 4. Not allowed to engage in forced, indirect forced, deception, or inducement of consumption. Do not use tactics such as blockading, harassing, delaying, discrimination, or following and pressuring customers into shopping or spending money. 5. Not allowed to engage in price fraud, selling counterfeit goods, or not clearly indicating prices as required by law. Do not use false original prices, false discounts, pass off fake goods as real, pass off lower quality goods as higher quality, or use ambiguous pricing tactics. 6. Not allowed to limit or indirectly limit the personal freedom of tourists. Do not lock entrances and exits, control passage, restrict the freedom to stay or leave, or limit exit times, and fully protect the rights of tourists to choose and protect their rights. 7. Not allowed to conduct tourism shopping activities under the guise of scenic spots, villages, cultural venues, educational bases, health experiences, folk displays, etc., and not to deceive or compel tourists to shop. 8. Not allowed to operate off the books, fail to issue invoices as required by law, or engage in tax-related violations. Keep accurate accounts, issue invoices as required, do not engage in off-book transactions, tax evasion, or conceal income. 9. Not allowed to engage in business activities that violate fire safety management regulations. Do not damage, disable, or cover fire-fighting facilities, block safety exits and evacuation routes, use fire or electricity improperly, and strictly observe fire safety regulations. 10. Not allowed to illegally renovate business premises or interrupt video surveillance without authorization. Do not create forced shopping channels, excessively long detours for exits, or convert tourist areas into shopping sites without permission; do not block, damage, power off, disconnect or unauthorized disable surveillance equipment.