Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council, Guidelines on the Definition of Relevant Market

Issued: May 24 2009

Applicability: The term “relevant market” means the product dimension and geographic dimension within which business operators compete in respect of specific products or services (hereinafter collectively referred to as Products) during a certain period of time. In anti-monopoly law enforcement practice, it is commonly necessary to define the relevant Product market and the relevant geographic market (Article 3).