Keeping Pace with SAIC: Monopoly Agreements and Abuses of a Dominant Position

Since the introduction of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) in August 2008, much of the precedent and practice has focused on China’s merger control regime. On January 7, 2011, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) published regulations concerning non-price-related anticompetitive practices. A few days earlier, on January 4, 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) pub