On 25 July 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued the "Opinions on Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees for Accelerating the Construction of the National Unified Market" (關于為加快建設全國統一大市場提供司法服務和保障的意見, hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
China issued the “Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of the Unified National Market”(關于加快建設全國統一大市場的意見) in April 2022, which stresses the normative value and safeguards that the rule of law provides in the development of the unified national market.
On this basis, the Opinions issued by the SPC requires to strengthen the judicial regulation of Internet platform monopoly, to stop promptly the use of data, algorithms, technologies and other means to exclude or restrict competition, and to issue judicial interpretations of anti-trust civil actions in due course.
The Opinions clarifies that the SPC will explore the publication of guiding cases involving foreign civil and commercial matters in multiple languages, so as to expand the international influence and credibility of Chinese judgments.
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Contributors: CJO Staff Contributors Team