With the launch of the Opening-Up and Reform Policy in the late 1970's, China has undertaken the difficult transition from a planned economy to a market economy. In parallel with the significant economic reforms, China's legal system has been remodelled. The Anti-Monopoly Law is a key law in...

In January 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation – China’s antitrust agency – published a draft proposal for amending the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). The proposal’s key goals are to beef up the rules against anti-competitive government conduct, tighten the merger control...

From the perspective of substantive law, in this article I give a brief overview of the three pillars of China's new Antimonopoly Law. In the last section, I discuss the challenges of enforcing the Law.