Big Data and Competition in China: Antitrust Regulation and Beyond

Today, companies have had no doubt that they compete in terms of data. Data feeds companies to improve the quality of their products, to develop new products, to know their customers, and to personalize products. Big data is a novel source of market power, and has enabled companies to engage in monopoly behaviors through algorithms. China’s antitrust authority has begun to seriously consider this issue in recent antitrust legislation (particularly, the draft Antitrust Guidelines on the Field o