On February 4, 2025, China's State Administration for Market Regulation announced that it had officially launched an investigation into Google for suspected violations of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China.

This news quickly made headlines around the world, not only because Google is a "super player" in the global technology field, but also because it reflects the deep contradiction between monopoly and regulation in the digital economy era.

Since the implementation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, its core goal has always been to maintain fair competition.

Although Google's business in China has not been fully rolled out, its "invisible hegemony" in the global market through the Android system, search engine algorithms, advertising business, etc. has long penetrated into the Chinese industrial chain. For example, the Android system forces mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install the Google Play store and bundled services, and the suspected differential pricing and data monopoly in the advertising business may become the focus of the investigation.

Regardless of the outcome, this game will redefine the "rules of the game" in the technology industry-the boundaries of technological innovation must be defined by law and public interest.