Study On Substantive Review System Of Concentration Of Operators In Platform Economy

The Internet economy,represented by the platform economy,not only promotes economic growth and improves people’s living standards,but also brings serious challenges to market competition and market structure,especially the disorderly expansion of capital such as "strangulation-type mergers and acquisitions" led by Internet platform companies not only affects the market competition mechanism,but also damages the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.It is the unique business model of the platform economy and the unique business model of the platform economy.The unique business model of the platform economy and the core position of data competition,as well as the market behavior and market structure shaped by them,have led to many dilemmas for the operator concentration review system in the traditional antitrust law to regulate the M&A behavior of Internet platform enterprises,i.e.,the platform economy based on bilateral market and data competition not only makes loopholes in the declaration criteria for operator concentration,but also poses challenges to the definition of bilateral market in the platform economy.This paper takes a look at the problem of the definition of the bilateral market of the platform economy,and also the difficulty of the antitrust enforcement department in assessing the competitive effect of the concentration of operators in the platform economy.In this regard,this paper takes the substantial review system of platform economy operators’ concentration as the object of research.Firstly,it composes the basic theories of regulating platform economy operators’ concentration,then analyzes the challenges and dilemmas faced by China’s antitrust law in regulating platform economy operators’ concentration,comprehensively compares the legislation and its judicial practice in foreign countries,especially in the United States and the European Union,and takes into account the domestic happenings such as "In addition,it summarizes and puts forward the suitable measures for regulating the concentration of operators in the platform economy,such as adjusting the declaration standards for the concentration of operators in the platform economy,improving the rules for defining the relevant market in the review system of the platform economy,and optimizing the evaluation methods of competition effects.The recommendations are made to ensure the practical and effective application of anti-monopoly law rules in the platform economy.