On the Two-dimensional Expansion of the Administrative Legal Liability System of"Anti-Monopoly Law"
The implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China has created favorable in-stitutional circumstances for China to accelerate economic transformation.However,the frequent occurrence of mo-nopoly in recent years also reflects the inadequacy of legal norms,with particularly evident deficiencies in deterrence and preventive effects due to disproportionately light administrative legal liability.While the Anti-Monopoly Law amended in 2022 attempts to address these issues,it fails to propose a comprehensive renovation plan.Vertically,the compromising application of the dual-penalty system results in the absence of responsible parties for some monopoly behaviors;horizontally,the limitations of penalty types constrain the comprehensive evaluation of legal liability.In the future,considerations could be given to comprehensively applying the dual-penalty system,expanding the conno-tation of property penalty,adding behavioral penalty and administrative detention,and constructing a more deterrent and flexible administrative legal liability system under the Anti-Monopoly Law.