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The Economist printed edition has just published an insightful article which presented, inter alia, the Landmark antitrust case TH Sware vs Guangdong Bureau of Education in which the Guangdong High Court condemned the local government for abuse of administrative...
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BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner said Wednesday it had fined 18 manufacturers of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) a total of 457 million yuan (69 million U.S. dollars) for manipulating market prices. The 18 companies collaborated to...
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According to an interesting report on Fa Zhi Wang (Legal Daily, China's Official Legal Newspaper) on August 31, 2017, The Antitrust Committee China's State Council is now working on a possible amendment of the Antimonopoly Law , the news has been announced...
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电力市场化交易是电力体制改革的核心内容之一，直供电交易是电力市场化的关键一步。直供电交易，说白了就是买卖双方直接商量电价。对电力用户来说，多了选择，有利于降低用电成本；对发电企业来说，也能够通过竞争降低发电成本，提高管理效率。同时，这样的市场机制也有利于优化电力资源配置，提高全社会的资源利用效率，是一件多赢的好事。但是当情况变成了卖方互相商量电价，联合保价控价，就成了损害竞争和社会公共利益的垄断违法行为，不仅不利于发电企业自身长远发展，也损害了整个行业市场化的进度。 首例直供电垄断案被开罚单，是我国执法机构将反垄断基本原则和具体规则适用于电力国企的新实践，也释放了改革深入推进的有力信号：维护市场公平竞争，政府监管决不缺位。但同时，长达一年多的曲折调查过程，也反映了个别行业协会和相关企业法律意识的淡薄。行业协会本是企业守法的引导者，却成了违法的组织者；处罚已出，相关企业仍心存侥幸，以各种理由为违法行为辩解。...
