Analysis On Definition Of Relevant Market In Automotive Market Of China

The definition of relevant market has always been one of the fundamental problems in the antitrust practice by the national anti-monopoly law enforcement authority,as well as in the automotive market.In recent years,with the growing consumer demand for car,automotive industry obtained a rapid development in our country,and has formed a whole industry chain from production to sales and after-sales service,in which also contains a different variety of business types.The automotive industry has become a pillar industry in our country.But at the same time,the automotive industry has become a key area in our country's antitrust investigation.To determine whether the related behavior in automotive market could be an antitrust behavior,we should define the relevant market at first.We need to solve the problems about how to define the relevant market of automotive industry and the problems we should pay attention to when we define it.In this thesis,we try to define the relevant market in the automotive market of China according to the relevant regulation and draft,as well as the cases in and abroad.This thesis is divided into four chapters.The first chapter makes a brief introduction about the theory on the definition of relevant market.The second chapter is about the importance and the method of the definition of relevant market in China's automotive industry.The third chapter is about the definition on the detailed relevant market definition around manufacture,sales and after-sales service of automotive industry in China.And the last chapter is mainly to the summary of the definition of relevant market in China's automotive market and makes an explanation about the problems in our practice.