Legal Regulation Of Administrative Monopoly

Administrative monopoly is a problem left over from the traditional system of planned economy. In the process of setting up a market economy system in China today, administrative power is often exercised to restrict competition. The universally existing administrative monopoly proves a serious hindrance to the development of ordered competition and the market economy system. The thesis makes an analysis of the concept, causes and manifestation of administrative monopoly and on the basis of the foregoing discussion, puts forward legal counter measures to regulate itThe thesis is composed of five parts. In the first part, the thesis analyses the composition of administrative monopoly after defining its concept, and points out that administrative monopoly is different from economic monopoly, natural monopoly and state monopoly. In the second part, the thesis makes a detailed explanation of the following categories of administrative monopoly behavior: regional blockade, sector monopoly, compulsory transaction behavior and compulsory associated restriction of competition, and probes into the tremendous harm and the main causes of the administrative monopoly. In the third part, the thesis makes comparative study about the clear-cut regulation on administrative monopoly in both market economic countries and transitional countries, and points out our country should borrow the experience of them. In the last part, the writer gives some advice on how to perfect anti-monopoly law to regulate effectively administrative monopoly.