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Chinese Merger Control Law

An Assessment of its Competition-Policy Orientation after the First Years of Application

  • Comprehensive guide to Chinese merger control regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law
  • Detailed analysis covering more than five years of merger control practice by MOFCOM
  • In-depth assessment of underlying policy goals in MOFCOM's decision practice
  • Invaluable access to original Chinese language literature and merger control decision practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition (MSIC, volume 2)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 1-2
  3. Economic Background of Competition Policy in China

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 3-29
  4. Historical Development of Chinese Merger Control Regime

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 31-45
  5. Institutional Framework for Enforcement of the AML

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 47-54
  6. Overview of Published Decisions

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 91-149
  7. Scope of Application of Merger Control Law

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 151-192
  8. Merger Review Procedure

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 193-227
  9. Substantive Merger Control Test

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 229-346
  10. Outlook on Judicial Enforcement of Merger Control Law

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 347-354
  11. Conclusion

    • Tingting Weinreich-Zhao
    Pages 355-356
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 357-393

About this book

On 1 August 2008 the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law entered into force, introducing a comprehensive framework for competition law to the Chinese market. One set of the new rules pertains to merger control. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was nominated as the authority responsible for enforcing merger control in China and has been actively doing so ever since. Recent years have established China as one of the most important merger filing jurisdictions for cross-border mergers alongside the EU and USA. This work evaluates the Chinese merger control law regime and MOFCOM’s decision-making practice after more than five years of application. In particular, it assesses which policy goals (competition policy goals or industrial policy considerations) prevail in the written law and its application and provides suggestions for a further improvement of the law – with the aim to develop a transparent merger control regime that promotes long-term economic growth in China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Munich, Germany

    Tingting Weinreich-Zhao

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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