While China has been advancing in the spam territory, generating a fifth of the global junk mail and gaining ground on the world's spam leader, the US, Chinese authorities have began to increasingly address the problem. A survey put together by Sophos reveals that 20% of spam emails originated in China and 23.2 in the US. As part of the governmental efforts to reduce Internet related crime, a Shenzhen based company was fined in relation to a spamming campaign it was conducting.

Hesheng Zhihui Enterprise Management Consulting was ordered to pay a financial penalty of 5000 Yuan for the practice of sending unsolicited bulk emails. The penalty marks a precedent in China, as Hesheng Zhihui is the first local company to suffer such a fine, while the Guangdong Communication Administration is the first Chinese institution to impose it.

The actual amount of the financial penalties is approximately $600, a moderate sum at best, but the move was welcomed by supporters of anti-spam measures as the first step in the country's initiatives that actively address the issue.