Official notice: Investigation launched into the incident of vendors at the Zhengzhou night market selling cigarettes. Personnel involved have been suspended pending further investigation.

The Joint Investigation Team of Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone released a bulletin on the preliminary investigation of the night market vendors at Ba Da Jie subway entrance in the development zone collecting cigarettes. The person involved in the Minghu Office of the development zone, Yuan, is suspected of instructing individual night market vendors to collect cigarettes from other vendors and has been suspended from duty. Details of the bulletin On May 10, 2025, around 18:00, the media reported that there were individual vendors near the Ba Da Jie subway entrance in the development zone collecting cigarettes from other vendors and claiming to hand them over to the urban management department. In response to the media reports, the development zone attached great importance to the issue, immediately set up a joint investigation team to conduct an investigation and verification. The relevant situation is now as follows: After preliminary verification, Yuan, a person involved in the Minghu Office of the development zone, is suspected of instructing individual night market vendors to collect cigarettes from other vendors. Yuan has been suspended from duty for investigation, and will be strictly handled in accordance with the law and discipline. As for other individuals involved, the next steps will be taken based on the results of further investigation, and strict actions will be taken in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.