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China's Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Authorities ("AMEAs") have taken a further step towards more active enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), with the publication of draft "Guidelines for Defining the Relevant Market" for public comment.

On 27 November 2015, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") granted clearance to the proposed acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. ("Freescale") by NXP Semiconductors N.V. ("NXP").

6月27日，十四届全国人大常委会表决通过新修订的《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争...

The first half of 2018 saw a number of significant changes to the Chinese anti-corruption regime, including amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and formation of new anti-corruption regulatory bodies.

On 4 November 2017, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the amendment to the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law (the "AUCL") ...

On 4 November 2017, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (the AUCL) was amended for the first time since its promulgation and implementation 24 years ago in 1993

Overseas investments by Chinese energy companies are on the rise. In addition to the United States and Europe, which have long been home to high-quality energy assets...

In December 2025, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the Amended Provisions on the Prohibition of Monopoly Agreements (Amended Provisions).

On January 4, 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC"), one of China’s three antitrust agencies, published two sets of implementing rules detailing how it intends to handle enforcement against price-related conduct under the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"). These new Anti-Price Monopoly Rules, covering both substantive prohibitions and procedure, become effective on February 1.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) recently revised its Provisions on Prohibiting Monopoly Agreements (禁止垄断协议规定)...

The China Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM"), which serves as the antitrust authority in charge of merger control under the new Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), announced on November 18, 2008, its conditional approval of the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. by InBev N.V./S.A. ("InBev").

A discussion on the establishment of the Anti-Monopoly Commission within MOFCOM

In June 2020, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") published a new book, the 2019 Compilation of Antitrust Regulations and Guidelines...

Over the first decade of China's Antimonopoly Law, we have seen a divergence between the approaches adopted by the Chinese antimonopoly enforcement agencies ...

On 24 June 2022, China's Congress passed the amendment to China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), which will come into force on 1 August 2022.

On August 30, 2007, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, enacted its antitrust law, literally translated "Anti-Monopoly Law (the Law)." The Law, which will take effect on August 1, 2008, is comprehensive in scope. Because some of its key provisions are open to multiple interpretations, it remains to be seen how it will be implemented and interpreted in practice

On 29 December 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued rules entitled Procedural Rules on Administrative Enforcement of Anti-price Monopoly (procedural rules). These procedural rules provide further guidance as to how Chapter 6 of the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), entitled "Investigation of Alleged Monopoly Acts" operate. Chapter 6 of the AML outlines the investigation powers of the antimonopoly authorities.