Studies On Leniency Program In China's Antitrust Law

It has been nearly 10 years since China's Antimonopoly Law enacted in 2008,but it's hard to believe that this Antimonopoly Law is effective as it was thought to be,especially the Leniency Program,which should have been the sharp weapon against Cartel.However,it is time for China to focus on antitrust enforcement,specifically regulating Cartel since its economy has grown so rapidly in last 30 years.Cartel is very harmful for the market,since it will bring considerable damage to all the participants of the market,so using the antimonopoly law to exclude these behaviors which restrict competition has become a top priority.At this point,leniency program should get the attention they should have.This article is going to talk about the origin,development and enforcement of leniency program in China through the legislations,statutes and other cases issued by the legislatures in China.To achieve a clear and detailed interpretation,this thesis mainly combines empirical analysis with the theoretic analysis.The empirical analysis is about the cases applying the leniency program since the antitrust law of China came into force in 2008,while the theoretic analysis is going to express how the leniency program works,and how to modify it to make it more effective.Meanwhile,in the very end of this dissertation,leniency programs in other jurisdictions are listed,and they are going to be used as models for the perfection of leniency program in China's antitrust law.