Regulator set to strengthen antitrust laws during 2015

Efforts aimed at creating fair market environment for firms, say officials

The country's top competition regulator has vowed to strengthen its anti-monopoly efforts next year to ensure fairer market conditions.

Zhang Mao, head of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce, told a conference in Beijing on Thursday that its priority for 2015 remains cracking down on monopoly and illegal competition in key sectors, and any actions that infringe upon commercial intelligence rules.