https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/antitrust-law/ Recent content in antitrust and competition law on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/antitrust-law/chinese-antitrust-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/antitrust-law/chinese-antitrust-law/ <h2 id="statutory-framework">Statutory Framework</h2> <p>China&rsquo;s competition law regime is anchored in the <strong>Antimonopoly Law (AML)</strong>, promulgated on 30 August 2007 and effective from 1 August 2008. A comprehensive revision took effect on 1 August 2022, introducing significant institutional and substantive changes. The AML regulates monopoly agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, and abuse of administrative powers to eliminate or restrict competition. The principal enforcement authority is the <strong>State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)</strong> , which since 2018 has consolidated the competition enforcement functions previously distributed among the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC). SAMR&rsquo;s Anti-Monopoly Bureau exercises both investigative and merger review functions.</p>