1 Relevant Authorities and Legislation
1.1 Who is/are the relevant merger
authority(ies)?
In early 2018, the Price Supervision and Antimonopoly Bureau
of the National Development and Reform Commission
("NDRC"), the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of
the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM"), and
the Antimonopoly and Anti-unfair Competition Bureau of the State
Administration of Industry and Commerce
("SAIC") are integrated into the
Anti-Monopoly Bureau ("AMB") within the
State Administration for Market Regulation
("SAMR").The newly established
AMB of SAMR is in charge of
regulating and enforcing the merger control regime in
China.
Currently, the AMB has 10 divisions. Seven
divisions are tasked with antitrust enforcement; three of the
seven oversee merger review: review division I; review division II;
and review division III; The three other divisions investigate
antitrust violations including monopoly agreements, abuse of
dominance and administration monopoly. A separate
