New Era, New Model: The Opening Remark at the Third Forum on Competitive Ecology

CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present:

New Era, New Model: The Opening Remark at the Third Forum on Competitive Ecology

By Zhongliang ZHU (Economic Counselor of Chinese Mission to the African Union)

It is my great honor to attend the 3rd Competitive Environment Forum of Shanghai University on behalf of the Price Supervision and Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). I’d like to share with you some new thinking in pushing forward the Anti-Monopoly work in China in the new era, based on the new spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress in general and the new requirements on anti-monopoly in particular. After that, I’d like to put forward some suggestions on how to build a good think tank and how to develop an effective cooperative relationship with Chinese Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Authority.

I. China’s Anti-monopoly Law and Enforcement has Entered into a New Era.

The Anti-monopoly Law of China was promulgated in 2007, and this year marks its 10th anniversary. Ten years ago, there was no Anti-Monopoly Law in China, and there were even some controversies during the drafting process, such as whether we needed this law at all, and whether this law was good or bad for Chinese national economic development. Nowadays, the Anti-Monopoly Law has been enacted for 10 years and has been enforced for more than 9 years. For a law, 10 years is an important cycle of life as well as a critical turning po