China Issues its First Antimonopoly Guidelines for Platform Economy
On 7 February 2021, the Antimonopoly Committee of the State Council issued the Antimonopoly Guidelines on Platform Economic Sector (Platform Antimonopoly Guidelines), which is China’s first specific antitrust rules on platforms. The Platform Antimonopoly Guidelines signal a strengthening of antitrust enforcement against monopolistic behaviours in China’s internet platform sector. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the Platform Antimonopoly Guidelines, based on a draft of the Antimonopoly Guidelines on Platform Economic Sector (Draft Platform Antimonopoly ...