China’s Anti-monopoly Law enforcement: The story so far—and where next? Ninette Dodoo Co-Head of China Antitrust Practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Beijing Alastair Mordaunt Partner, Co-Head of Asia Antitrust Practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Beijing Janet (Jingyuan) Wang Associate of China Antitrust Practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Beijing Hazel Yin Partner, Co-Head of China Antitrust Practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Beijing I. Introduction 1. China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) celebrated the tenth anniversary of its entry into force on 1 August 2018. Over the past ten years, China has quickly established itself as one of the world’s three major antitrust regimes alongside the European Union (“EU”) and the United States (“US”), impacting international
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CONFERENCE: CHINA - MERGER CONTROL - INVESTIGATIONS - FINES - COMPETITION POLICY
Round table (10 years of the Anti-Monopoly Law in China - Beijing, 14 July 2018)
Over the past ten years, China has quickly established itself as one of the world’s three major antitrust regimes alongside the European Union and the United States, impacting international business activities with its active merger control regime, antitrust investigations resulting in multimillion-dollar fines and antitrust litigation on complex competition issues. Today, China is one of the most active antitrust regimes in the world, although certain aspects of this young regime still call for further development. The recent merger of the three Chinese antitrust authorities into the State Administration for Market Regulation underscores the government’s resolve to actively enforce the Antimonopoly Law—a trend that is expected to continue for many years to come.
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