Clifford Chance

ANTITRUST IN CHINA AND ACROSS THE REGION

April 17, 2023

QUARTERLY UPDATE
January to March 2023

The first quarter of 2023 saw relatively quiet merger enforcement by the Chinese antitrust authorities, without intervened mergers or gun-jumping decisions. To streamline the merger review process and enhance efficiency in the long run, the central antitrust authority (SAMR) is building up a merger review database. The most remarkable development last quarter was that SAMR finally published the long-awaited implementing provisions (Provisions) that will be effective from 15 April 2023. Outside China, scrutiny over the digital economy remained a focus of antitrust authorities in the region and green society became under spotlight last quarter.

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