Antitrust

Revised Anti-monopoly Law includes provisions on hub and spoke conspiracies

Nate Bush, Ray Xu and Della Ding of DLA Piper highlight key changes to merger control under the Amended Anti-Monopoly Law and draft regulations including increased revenue thresholds, investigation of "below threshold" transactions and clarification of what is meant by gun-jumping

SAMR specifies exceptions of monopoly agreements

SMAR prohibits platform operators from abusing their dominant market positions

SAMR issues 28 administrative penalties for failing to disclose M&A deals; CAC clarifies details about data export security assessment; banks and insurance companies to support advanced manufacturing

New draft defines "business operators involved in a concentration".

Hong Kong-Mainland integration of interbank market for rate swaps; National security probe into prominent academic database; Draft rules on management of private pension funds

Comprehensive plans outline implementation of carbon reduction policies; Greater oversight over government officials' families; PBOC to support new format RMB settlement

Anti-monopoly guidelines are set forth regarding the active pharmaceutical ingredient sector