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On November 4, 2017, Order no. 77 of President Xi Jinping was issued to promulgate the revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of China adopted at the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress of China.

Within the same week, the Shanghai Higher Court and one of China's antitrust antitrust regulators have issued decisions that resale price maintenance ("RPM") violated China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML").

Recent years have seen regulator focus on the pharmaceutical sector in China intensify and enforcement has become a key priority. A recent decision by the China's State Administration...

In the absence of trade dress-specific legislation, rights holders in China must manoeuvre around the Trademark Law and the Anti-unfair Competition Law...

This article will address the perplexing issue of refusal to license a patent or copyright to other undertakings conducted by intellectual property proprietors under China's antitrust legal framework.

On 18 June 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), which includes the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau, released the China Antitrust Law Enforcement Annual Report...

China’s Ministry of Commerce ("Mofcom") has published new guidance regarding how it evaluates M&A transactions notified to it under the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") merger review system.

In late 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC"), two of the three key Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement Authorities ("Enforcement Authorities") in the People’s Republic of China ("PRC"), formally issued five (5) long-awaited implementing set of rules in relation to the enforcement of the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law ("PRC AML"), which respectively address the enforcement policies against pricing monopolies and prohibition

On 5 June 2009, China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) officially issued its first two procedural rules under the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), signalling that from 1 July 2009, firms will need to be ready for SAIC investigations and the risk of fines being imposed.

On June 14, 2016, the State Council issued Opinions on Establishing the Fair Competition Review System in the Development of Market System...

Different cases may provide different answers.

On 23 October 2009 the Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court announced the settlement of an Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) case brought by an activist lawyer in Beijing against China's largest mobile network operator, China Mobile.

On 18 March 2009, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the enforcement agency for merger control under the Anti-monopoly Law (AML) , published a prohibition decision on the proposed acquisition by Coca-Cola of Huiyuan juice , which is to date the largest intended acquisition of a Chinese company by a foreign company with a transaction value of US$ 2.4bn.

On November 4, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the "Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for Standard Essential Patents" (the "New Guidelines").

目前全球汽车行业正处在产业重构与技术变革的关键时刻，汽车行业的产品形态、生产方式、商业模式、产业格局和产业生态都在经历着前所

Legislative research on industrial investment funds started in early 2000. Since the official administrative regulations regarding such funds have not yet been publicly released, the government has been concurrently implementing pilot projects and draft administrative regulations on the subject.

In 2025, regulatory oversight in China's consumer sector underwent a series of developments, with authorities placing renewed emphasis on the safety and quality of consumer goods and services.