This book focuses on experiences with the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) of 2007 in China. It uses carefully-chosen case studies to examine how the competition authorities in China discuss cases and how they use economic reasoning in their decision-making process.

Contents: Introduction/Editorial Forward Michael Faure and Xinzhu Zhang PART I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW 1. Recent Developments in Regulation and Competition Policy in China: Trends in Private Civil Litigation Susan Beth Farmer 2. Abuse of Administrative Power to Restrict Competition in China: Four Reflections, Two Ideas and a Thought Mel Marquis 3. Lenience and Compliance: Towards an Effective Lenience Policy in the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law Sharon Oded PART II: ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW: PRACTICE AND CASES 4. Market, Regulation and State-Building in China Shiji Gao and Yan Wan 5. Research on the Intensity and Effect of Industrial Administrative Monopoly in China Liangchun Yu and Wei Zhang 6. A Comparative Study on Welfare Results of Nonlinear and Linear Pricing: Based on Asymmetric Duopoly Market Fuliang Chen and Tao Xu 7. The Effect of the Chinese Telecommunications Reform on Industrial Growth: 1994–2007 Shilin Zheng and Xinzhu Zhang 8. Relevant Product Market Definition of Antitrust Cases in the Internet Industry: Taking the Baidu Cases as Example Tao Wu PART III: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW 9. The Modernisation of the EU Competition Law Regime: Institutional Design Lessons for China? Firat Cengiz 10. Market Definition under Attack: How Relevant is the Relevant Market? Hila Nevo 11. Competition Law and Market Integration – A European Perspective Stefan E. Weishaar 12. Competition Advocacy and Case Law in Europe: The Case of the Liberal Professions Niels J. Philipsen PART VI: CONCLUSIONS: FUTURE LOOK Conclusion: Future Look Michael Faure and Xinzhu Zhang Index