anti-monopoly law

Latest Development re NDRC's Antitrust Investigation against China Telecom

March 16, 2012 09:08

By Susan Ning, Wu Han, and Sun Yiming On 13 March, Mr. Zhang Guangyuan, Deputy Director of the Anti-monopoly Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) spoke on the latest development of NDRC's antitrust investigation on China Telecom and China Unicom. Mr.Zhang said that the...

Western Digital/Hitachi Received Conditional Nod from MOFCOM

March 08, 2012 06:40

By Susan Ning, Ji Kailun and Hazel Yin On March 2nd, 2012, the acquisition by Western Digital ("WD") of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ("Hitachi") finally received conditional nod from the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM"), three month after MOFCOM conditionally...

Does SARFT Have the Authority to Regulate Movie Ticket Price?

March 02, 2012 09:14

By Susan Ning and Liu Jia Most recently,a piece of news related to the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML")indicates that, the National Development and Reform Commission("NDRC")who is in charge of the implementation of the Price Law and price-related antitrust violation, communicated...

Overview of Doing Business in China

March 01, 2012 08:34

By Zeng Xianwu King & Wood's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Group Since the reform and opening-up policy was introduced in 1978, especially in the past ten (10) years, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC" or "China") has undergone significant changes.  China is a...

CSRC's Guidance on Merger Control of Listed Chinese Companies

February 28, 2012 06:49

By Susan Ning, Liu Jia and Hazel Yin China Securities Regulation Commission ("CSRC") is the authority in charge of supervising Chinese listed companies.  In August 2010 and November 2011, CSRC published on its website two FAQs addressing application of the merger control regime under...