China Publishes Four Long-Anticipated Antitrust Guidelines

Recently, a book titled Collection of Antitrust Regulations and Guidelines 2019, authored by the Anti-Monopoly Bureau ("AMB") of China's State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR"), was published by China Industry and Commerce Press. This book officially makes public the following four long-anticipated antitrust guidelines: (1) Antitrust Guidelines for the Automobile Industry ("Auto Industry Guidelines"), (2) Antitrust Guidelines for the Intellectual Property Rights Sector ("IPR Guidelines"), (3) Guidelines on the Application of Leniency Mechanism in Horizontal Monopoly Agreement Cases ("Leniency Guidelines"), and (4) Guidelines on the Undertakings' Commitments in Antitrust Cases ("Commitment Guidelines").