The Imminent Release of China's Anti-Monopoly Law - What to Expect
September 02, 2005 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesAfter twenty years in the making, numerous drafts and countless deliberations, China is on the verge of releasing its first unified Anti-Monopoly Law. Will it live up to expectations?
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By John Yong Ren and Ning Yang, T&D Associates, Beijing
In August 1985, the Legislative Affairs Bureau of the State Council established a committee to draft China's Anti-monopoly Law (中华人民共和国反垄断法)(AML). It was not until 1994, however, when its legislative agenda was launched. After a decade of further deliberations, legislative proposals for a comprehensive antitrust regime in the PRC are finally moving ahead.