The classification screen

4 questions before you choose the route.

This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.

01

Where did the tip arrive?

Hotline, WeChat, regulator.

Channel
02

Can you protect identity in practice?

Small site reality.

ID
03

Retaliation risk if they are dismissed for ‘other reasons’?

Labour overlay.

Retaliate
04

Must you self-report onward?

Facts, not a slogan.

Onward

Working rule: Employees report through internal hotlines, SAMR/tax/procuratorate petition channels, and sometimes party discipline in SOEs.

What changes the answer

The signal ledger.

These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.

Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
SOX policy paste
Bounty in USD.
Mismatched.
Hunt the reporter first
Instead of the allegation.
Failure.
Broader Investigations & Compliance analysis needed
Firing the witness.
Arbitration.
Prepare before you escalate

Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.

Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.

01Tip recordDated, as received.
02Hotline procedureWhat you promised.
03HR file of the reporterIf they are also a suspect.
Common confusions

Questions people ask before they build.

Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.

Must we take anonymous WeChat tips?

You should log and triage them. Quality varies. Ignoring a specific SAMR-risk tip is unwise.

Is there a government bounty?

Some tax and enforcement programmes have rewards. They are not a general private right.

Primary authorities

Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.

PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law (NPC)
SAMR
Supreme People’s Procuratorate
National laws database (NPC)