The Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress has Issued a Decision on Amending the Anti-Monopoly Law of
the People's Republic of China
Issuance Date: 24 June 2022
Effective Date: 1 August 2022
Important amendments to China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML)
will come into effect on 1 August 2022. The amended AML was first
proposed by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)
in early 2020 and was given a first reading before the National
People's Congress in October 2021.
The most significant changes are as follows.
First, consistent with China's continuing focus on
regulation of the digital economy, the amended AML expressly
stipulates that operators shall not use “data, algorithms,
technologies, capital advantages, or platform rules to engage in
monopolistic activities prohibited by this Law”, and that
those operators with a dominant market role shall not use any of
these things to abuse their dominant market position.
