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After several years in preparation, the Hong Kong Government published its Competition Bill on 2 July 2010. The Bill, which aims to introduce a cross-sector competition law regime in Hong Kong, was formally introduced in the Legislative Council on 14 July, but will not be debated before the autumn.

Hong Kong's Commerce and Economic Development Bureau has published a new Consultation Paper including significant details of the proposed Hong Kong 'Competition Ordinance' (hereafter referred to as the "Law"), affirming the Hong Kong government's commitment to introduce the Law during the 2008/09 legislative session.

Gregory So, Under Secretary for Hong Kong's Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) today announced new details relating to the Hong Kong government's proposed cross sector Competition Bill, and re-affirmed the government's commitment to introduce a bill to the Legislative Council in the 2009/2010 legislative session.

China’s competition law regulators have taken important steps to strengthen the enforcement of its competition regime, with a number of cartel investigations, some further implementation rules, and another conditional merger control decision. Imprisonment is the maximum penalty as a result of the above.

China’s National Development and Reform Council (NDRC) has released draft rules explaining how the various price-related ‘conduct rules’ in China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) will be applied in practice. The draft Rules on Anti-Price Monopoly (“Draft Price Rules”) were published on 12 August 2009 for public comment, with a consultation phase in relation to the draft scheduled to end on 6 September 2009.