ANTITRUST
LEGISLATION
The Interim Measures for Managing Subsidies for
Anti-Monopoly Work is Published, Strengthening Anti-Monopoly
Enforcement Incentives on Provincial Level
On 28 January 2021, Ministry of Finance and State Administration
for Market Regulation ("SAMR") published
the Interim Measures on the Subsidies Management for
Anti-Monopoly Work (the
"Measures"). According to the
Measures, subsidies for anti-monopoly work refer to the
subsidies that are granted by central government via transfer
payment arrangement and are specifically used to fund anti-monopoly
law enforcement by the provincial administration for market
regulation under the authorization of SAMR. The subsidies mainly
cover the direct expense arising from such anti-monopoly law
enforcement, including expenses on office, printing, conference,
commissioning, traveling, training, transportation, remuneration,
and the purchase of necessary law enforcement
equipment.1
