BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - China's market
regulator released draft anti-monopoly guidelines on Saturday
that target internet platforms in an attempt to reduce unfair
competitive practices.
"Monopoly risks are frequent in the platform economy
sector," the State Administration for Market Regulation said in
an advisory note published with the guidelines on its website.
Some of the risks of market dominance are "unfair pricing,
sales below cost, account blocking, 'choose one of two'
practices, 'lowest price across the entire network', and
discriminatory treatment by platforms," the regulator said.
The guidelines set out how to identify and assess risks that
come with certain actions and algorithms.
The draft will be open for public comment until November 29.