The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation enacts the final implementing regulations for the amended Anti-Monopoly Law

On 24 March 2023, China’s antitrust authority – the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) – issued four regulations implementing the recently amended Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), which cover four areas respectively, i.e., monopoly agreements, abuse of dominance, merger review and administrative monopoly. The four regulations are largely in line with the prior June 2022 drafts, but a few important provisions from the previous drafts were dropped, notably the numeric safe harbour for resale price maintenance (“RPM”) and the definition of a “controlling right” in the merger control context. Introduction On 24 March 2023, China’s antitrust authority – the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) – issued four regulations implementing the recently amended Anti-Monopoly