Study On The Legal Regulation Of Public Utilities Monopoly In China

Since 1970, Public Utilities were paid attention to by legal realm and economics realm. People generally deemed, Public Utilities runs in a monopoly way can have a high efficiency in theory, but the fact can't support it.In China, though the government releases the regulation of Public Utilities, the abuses activities still exist. These activities seriously damage customer's benefit, restrict the competitive structure which in favor for corporations, customers and government, and limit themselves' development, prevent the industry from development, restrict them to take part in international competition also.Breaking Public Utilities' monopoly, improving the level of their profits and innovating their technique, satisfying the interests of customers are the inevitable questions for Antimonopoly law. And the key point is how to keep a balance between the government and the market.Since the legal research on the Public Utilities is limited in a macro level, there are a lot of theoretical issues that we do not attach; this paper is mainly discussed in a practical level. The paper makes a distinction between competitive part and non-competitive part, and uses this way deeply discuss the details of legal regulation in Public Utilities. And along with the draft of Antimonopoly law, discuss the questions about regulation institution, right relief, and government supervision etc.In a word, under the background of Antimonopoly law will come out at once, with the cooperation of Antimonopoly law and trade law, with the cooperation of legal regulation institution and trade supervision institution, we can regulate the Public Utilities effectively and reasonably. Though it is a heavy work, we will success.