The compulsory notifications for mergers transactions under the framework of antitrust law aims to remedy anti-competitive harm by blocking or conditionally approving mergers ex ante in conjunction with the deterrence effects. However, such a mechanism brings prominent costs in addition to the...

This article reviews the practice of competition agencies, including NDRC, Mofcom and SAIC, and courts in China regarding the application of antitrust law to intellectual property rights related anti-competitive conduct. It covers all the cases and regulations coming out after the adoption of...

After carrying out some preparatory work for several years, China is likely to issue central bank digital currency (CBDC). Built upon the relevant experience and research in other countries, China has been carefully designing its own version of digital currency and issuance mechanism with a...

This essay gives an extensive examination of competition assessment and remedies in IPR-related merger cases in China, and aims to reveal the impact of IPRs on merger control under the framework of China's Anti-monopoly Law

Benefited from its dense population and robust telecommunications infrastructure, China's sharing economy has experienced explosively rapid development in recent years. However, at the back of the proliferation social problems are also constantly raised. Therefore, since the emergence of sharing...

In June, 2014, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce published the Regulation on the Prohibition of Conduct Eliminating or Restricting Competition by Abusing Intellectual Property Rights (Consultation Draft). This will be the first regulation dealing with the application of...

China's State Administration for Market Regulation in China announced two guidelines in October 2021. The drafted Guidelines for Classification and Grading of Internet Platforms (互联网平台分类分级指南) (“Classification Guidelines”) categorize digital platforms into super, large...

The administrative litigations play an essential role in the Anti-Monopoly Law in China. Empirical research suggests that despite the preliminary development antitrust administrative litigations present the “four lowness” phenomenon, namely low start-up, low total case number, low rate of...

This paper explores the practice of IPR protection and antitrust regulation of standard essential patents (SEPs) in China and discusses whether the licensing of SEPs should be regulated in a way different from other patent cases. With regard to IPR protection, the Chinese judiciary has actively...

In contrast to the hostility shown in some other countries towards one of the most important examples of a sharing economy service, namely car hailing, China has always kept an open-minded attitude to this innovative Internet business model. After having been tolerant of unlicensed operations...