On November 1, the China State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") drafted the Guide to the Classification and Grading of Internet Platforms (Draft for Comment) and the Guide to Implementation of the Primary Responsibilities of Internet Platforms (Draft for Comment) to solicit public comments. Solicitation has ended by this date.

According to the Guide to the Classification and Grading of Internet Platforms (Draft for Comment), internet platforms will be divided into six categories depending on their targets and functions, including online sales platforms and life services platforms. Internet platforms may also be graded into mega platforms, large platforms and medium and small-sized platforms given their users scale, business type and capability in restriction. Requirements in 34 aspects are given under the Guide to Implementation of the Primary Responsibilities of Internet Platforms (Draft for Comment), covering fair competition demonstration, equal governance, open ecology, and anti-monopoly. Among others, regarding fair competition demonstration, it is stipulated that, when conducting fair competition, operators of mage platforms, without justified cause, shall not use non-public data generated or provided by the operators within the platforms or the users in their use of the platforms.

(Source: China State Administration for Market Regulation)