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27/10/2023
SPC Case Reveals its Practice in Hearing Antitrust Cases
On 14 September 2023, the PRC Supreme People's Court (“SPC”) issued the 2023 People's Courts' Typical Anti-Monopoly Cases and Anti-Unfair Competition Cases.A total of five anti-monopoly cases were...
17/08/2023
Chinese Central Government Further Promotes Foreign Investments
On 13 August 2023, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) released its Opinions on Further Optimizing Foreign Investment Environment and Reinforcing the Efforts to Attract...
09/08/2023
Stricter Liability Risks for Corruption in China due to Amendments of PRC...
The Chinese regulator, the Fourth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), has most recently examined the Draft Amendments...
07/08/2023
SAMR to Overhaul the Rules on Prohibition of Abuse of IPRs
Enforcement of competition law in the field of intellectual property rights ("IPRs") has been considered by the Chinese anti-monopoly enforcement authorities as an important factor to maintain market...
11/05/2023
SAMR - New Rules on the Prohibition of Monopoly Agreements
The Provisions on the Prohibition of Monopoly Agreements (the "Provisions") are one of the four supporting regulations to the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML 2022") recently issued by the State Ad­min­is­tra­tion...
19/04/2023
Overview on the Provisions on the Review of Concentration of Undertakings
Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") issued four long-awaited supporting regulations to the PRC Anti-monopoly Law ("AML 2022") on merger control review, prohibition of monopoly...
19/12/2022
2023 – Topics that may Concern You
2022 has been a challenging year. In addition to the continuing impact of COVID-19 and the recent relaxation measures in China, the war in Ukraine has also brought impacts on society, politics and businesses...
04/07/2022
The PRC Anti-Monopoly Law Further Amended
On 24 June 2022, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the Decision to Amend the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML 2022”). The AML 2022 will come into force on 1 August 2022. During...
21/04/2022
Do Chinese subsidiaries of EU shareholders and EU nationals in China have...
Recently the EU imposed additional sanctions on Russia and Russian companies and individuals. For foreign invested enterprises with EU shareholders and EU nationals in China, the questions arises whether...
11/04/2022
Overview of the Judicial Interpretations on Relevant Issues Concerning...
On 17 March 2022, the PRC Supreme People’s Court ("SPC") published the Judicial Interpretations on Relevant Issues Concerning the Application of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic...
21/03/2022
SPC Issues Judicial Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application...
On 24 February 2022, the Supreme People's Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) promulgated the In­ter­pret­a­tion on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the General...
13/01/2022
An Overview on the Proposed Amendments to the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law
On 23 October 2021, the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) of China has launched a consultation on the proposed amendments to the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (“Amended AML”). It is expected that the...