By John Yong Ren[1], Jason Liu[2]
- INTRODUCTION
In China, there are three administrative authorities that serve as enforcement authorities of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”): the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) reviews concentration of undertakings (merger review) and the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) investigate monopolistic agreements (cartels and vertical restraint) and abuses of dominant market position. Specifically, the NDRC investigates cases involving pricing issues, and…
