Antitrust office beefs up price fixing squad

Economic planning agency aims to protect fair pricing for consumers

China's top antitrust regulator will beef up its forces next year as the country redoubles its efforts to battle price fixing.

Xu Kunlin, head of the department of price supervision at the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, said on Wednesday that his Beijing department and local price supervision offices will recruit at least 170 new employees for the antitrust law enforcement team.