In March 2018, China's State Council announced the
establishment of a unified market regulator, the State
Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), which now is
responsible for all antitrust enforcement in China. Previously,
antitrust enforcement in China was administered by three separate
ministries, each responsible for different types of cases: the
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) handled
price-related conduct cases, the State Administration of Industry
and Commerce (SAIC) dealt with nonprice-related conduct cases, and
the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was responsible for merger
reviews.
Since the consolidation process was completed in September 2018,
SAMR has been strengthening overall enforcement of the
Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) in China. With respect to merger control in
particular, SAMR has significantly enhanced its supervision of the
behavioral remedies it has imposed in its recent conditional
approvals, taking a much more active role and
