Antitrust

China's rejection of Coca-Cola's bid for Huiyuan Juice on anti-monopoly grounds stirred debate on protectionism, and raised unwarranted concerns about future M&A activity in the country

China's rejection of Coca-Cola's bid for Huiyuan Juice on anti-monopoly grounds stirred debate on protectionism, and raised unwarranted concerns about future M&A activity in the country

Janet HuiJun He Law [email protected] early 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued a series of new guidelines and consultation papers related…

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] January 7 2009 the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom), in hope of receiving comments, published draft…

The Flowchart illustrates the anti-monopoly review process for concentration of business operators.

Effect on competition of a concentration of business operators required to be explained when reporting.

Procedure for permission of concentrations of business operators made transparent.

The party responsible for reporting a concentration of business operators clarified.

Anti-monopoly review process illustrated.