On 19 November 2019, the State Administration for Market
Regulation ("SAMR") posted a draft of
the Interim Measures on
Rewards for Complaints Against Significant Illegal Conduct in the
Market Regulation Field ("Draft Reward
Measures") on its website for public
comment.
The Draft Reward Measures build on a series of similar rules
issued by SAMR's predecessor bodies and some local authorities
in the fields of counterfeiting, product safety, pricing conduct
and intellectual property. The difference here is that rather than
focusing on specific areas like these prior rules, the Draft Reward
Measures propose to establish a unified system for providing
financial incentives to whistle-blowers who come forward to report
various types of significant violations of laws, administrative
regulations and rules, the enforcement of which falls within
SAMR's jurisdiction, including serious antitrust offences.
