Recently, State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) and Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation (“Shanghai AMR”) issued respectively within a short span two high-profile administrative penalty decisions against operators in the platform economy for the abuse of market dominance. SAMR has also issued an “Administrative Instruction” for the first time in its case (the “SAMR case”). The two cases unambiguously signal a trend of a significant increase in the antitrust enforcement actions in the future.
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