section_path: Government/Regulatory environment and government revenues/Anti-monopoly and competition law
section_name: Anti-monopoly and competition law
paragraph_text: Anti-monopoly and competition law
  
  The Chinese technology sector has been characterized as being dominated by few, larger entities including Ant Group and Tencent. There have been attempts by the Xi Jinping Administration to enforce economic competition rules, and probes into Alibaba and Tencent have been launched by Chinese economic regulators.
  
  The crackdown on tech giants and internet companies during the 2020–2021 Xi Jinping Administration reform spree were followed with calls by the Politburo against monopolistic practices by commercial retail giants like Alibaba.
  
  In March 2021, Xi stated China would strengthen its antitrust enforcement in an effort to advance what he described as the healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy.: 100 Two major institutional changes resulted.: 100 In November 2021, China upgraded the bureaucratic status of the State Administration for Market Regulation 's antitrust bureau.: 100–101 In June 2022, it made major amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law, including explicit language focused on regulation of the platform economy.: 101
  
  The Chinese technology sector has been characterized as being dominated by few, larger entities including Ant Group and Tencent. There have been attempts by the Xi Jinping Administration to enforce economic competition rules, and probes into Alibaba and Tencent have been launched by Chinese economic regulators.
  
  The crackdown on tech giants and internet companies during the 2020–2021 Xi Jinping Administration reform spree were followed with calls by the Politburo against monopolistic practices by commercial retail giants like Alibaba.
  
  In March 2021, Xi stated China would strengthen its antitrust enforcement in an effort to advance what he described as the healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy.: 100 Two major institutional changes resulted.: 100 In November 2021, China upgraded the bureaucratic status of the State Administration for Market Regulation 's antitrust bureau.: 100–101 In June 2022, it made major amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law, including explicit language focused on regulation of the platform economy.: 101
  
  The Chinese technology sector has been characterized as being dominated by few, larger entities including Ant Group and Tencent. There have been attempts by the Xi Jinping Administration to enforce economic competition rules, and probes into Alibaba and Tencent have been launched by Chinese economic regulators.
  
  The crackdown on tech giants and internet companies during the 2020–2021 Xi Jinping Administration reform spree were followed with calls by the Politburo against monopolistic practices by commercial retail giants like Alibaba.
  
  In March 2021, Xi stated China would strengthen its antitrust enforcement in an effort to advance what he described as the healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy.: 100 Two major institutional changes resulted.: 100 In November 2021, China upgraded the bureaucratic status of the State Administration for Market Regulation 's antitrust bureau.: 100–101 In June 2022, it made major amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law, including explicit language focused on regulation of the platform economy.: 101