China’s Anti-Monopoly Law in the Digital Era: How China Tames the Digital Behemoth

The book aims to depict the whole picture of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) in the digital sector and reveals the three key factors that shape AML enforcement.

The author introduces the legal revolution and a major enforcement campaign in the digital sector. She focuses on three typical monopolistic behaviours--abuse of dominant position, merger control, and monopoly agreements. High-profile cases--such as administrative penalties against Alibaba and Tencent and private lawsuits against Apple and Didi Chuxing--are discussed in detail. She also identifies three underlying factors that have influenced AML enforcement reform: the political factor, the legal factor, and the academic factor. Finally, the book raises open questions and challenges that are relevant not only to China but to a wide range of jurisdictions.

The book will appeal to competition law (antitrust) and Chinese law academics, practitioners, and officials, as well as general readers interested in the subject.

Jingmeng Cai is the Associate Professor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology. She holds doctor and master’s degrees in law from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Her research and teaching interest is primarily in competition law. She has published dozens of articles related to competition law in renowned international and Chinese law journals, and translated academic articles and books from English to Chinese.