Antitrust authorities are expected to launch more investigations this year in dozens of industries after expanding their teams nationwide, insiders have said.

Huang Yong, deputy head of the expert advisory group of the State Council's anti-monopoly committee, told China Daily that more investigations will be in the pipeline after new hands are added to price supervision offices.

"The shortage of personnel is believed to be a major difficulty local price supervision offices face," said Huang, also a professor at the University of International Business and Economics.