The China Law & Business blog has reported that …On the date when China’s first comprehensive competition statute, PRC Antimonopoly Law, took effect, a plaintiff, Mr. Fangping Li (who is a lawyer), brought China Netcom, a mega State-owned telecom company, into the courtroom.
Catherine Zhang writes:
Beijing: First Antimonopoly Case in China
In stark contrast with the common perception that Chinese “hate” and “avoid” litigation, plaintiffs in China are much more fast-paced nowadays.
On the date when China’s first comprehensive competition statute, PRC Antimonopoly Law, took effect, a plaintiff, Mr. Fangping Li (who is a lawyer), brought China Netcom, a mega State-owned telecom company, into the courtroom.
Mr. Li claimed that China Netcom has “abused its dominant market position by applying differential treatments to counter-parties to transactions who have the same qualifications with respect to transaction price and other transaction terms, without any justification” (Article 17(6) of PRC Antimonopoly Law).
…./….. This is the first antimonopoly case in China. Though formally accepted and transferred to proper jurisdiction, the case has much to be seen with respect to where it goes and how the long-awaited new law will be enforced.
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