Antitrust Guidelines for the Platform Economy in the Era of Enhanced Antitrust Scrutiny

On February 7, 2021, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council of China released the Antitrust Guidelines for the Platform Economy Field (“Platform Guidelines”). These are the first antitrust guidelines in the world focused on the platform economy, and the short timespan between the draft for comments and its official promulgation shows China’s determination to intensify antitrust scrutiny on the platform economy. While staying within the regulatory framework set by the Anti-Monopo