The new legal interpretation now allows a plaintiff to file a lawsuit against a company it believes is engaged in monopolistic activities.
Before this interpretation was issued, an individual wasn't allowed to sue a company until the case was given the go-ahead by a government department, which first had to determine whether or not an anti-monopoly case was warranted.
Qiu Baochang, head lawyer at the China Consumers' Association, says the new judicial interpretation should go a long way toward creating an equal playing-field here in China.
"More detailed clauses and terms have been added into the judicial interpretation, making it a complement to the Antitrust Law whi
