Antitrust Chronicle® – Year of the Rabbit: Antitrust in China

Dear Readers,

We are delighted to release our CPI Antitrust Chronicle for March 2023, Year of the Rabbit: Antitrust in China. This collection of eight excellent articles is contributed by distinguished authors, including a former deputy director general at China’s anti-monopoly agencies, a distinguished scholar who is a pioneer of Competition Law in China, and several top practitioners in leading antitrust law firms and law schools.  This Chronicle covers a wide range of hot topics such as the amendment to China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), merger remedies, the role of national security review on cross-border M&A transactions, as well as various important sectors including semiconductors, digital platforms, just to name a few.

The following is a snapshot of the articles:

The Chronicle opens with an interview with Qing Li, a Vice President of China’s Society of Economic Reform and a former deputy director general at China’s SAMR and NDRC. It covers several topics, including the amendment of China’s AML, the fair competition review system, the application of economic analysis to antitrust practice in China, and an outlook on the development of competition policy in China.

The second article is contributed by Professor Xiaoye Wang, a prestigious professor who witnessed the birth of China’s AML. It provides an in-depth review of the amendment of the AML in June 2022.  

The next several articles discuss the important developments on Ch