Legislation

The State Council Approves to Establish Inter-Ministerial Liaison System for Fair Competition Review

On January 24, 2017, the General Office of the State Council printed and issued the Correspondence on Approval of Establishment of Inter-Ministerial Liaison System for Fair Competition Review, in which the State Council appointed the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") as the lead agency for the establishment of Inter-Ministerial Liaison System for Fair Competition Review ("the System") and meanwhile, regulated major responsibilities, member departments, implementation rules and requirements of the System. The System will be beneficial to cooperation between ministerial departments during implementation of fair competition review and further improvement of market competition order.1

Authorities

PSAMB of NDRC Meets with A Delegation of AdvaMed

On January 18, 2017, Li Qing, Deputy Director-general of the Price Supervision and Anti- Monopoly Bureau ("PSAMB") of NDRC, met with a delegation led by Ralph F. Ives, Executive Vice President of the US-based Advanced Medical Technology Association ("AdvaMed"). Both parties communicated in aspects of deeply carrying out the research on competition effects of policies relevant to medical device and fair competition improvement in medical device sector.2

Officials from CEB of SAIC Participate Anti-Monopoly Seminar Held by USC

From January 13 to 14, the anti-monopoly seminar on the topic of "Anti-Monopoly Enforcement under Globalization" ("the Seminar") was held by Gould Law School of University of South California. Nearly 50 attendees participated in the Seminar, including officials of authorities from several countries and representatives of multinational corporations. Officials from the Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau ("CEB") of the State of Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") participated the Seminar, delivered speeches during the officials' panel, introduced recent enforcement of SAIC and answered questions raised by the participants. 3

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Footnotes

1 http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2017-01/24/content_5162929.htm.

2 http://jjs.ndrc.gov.cn/gzdt/201701/t20170119_835591.html.

3 http://www.saic.gov.cn/fldyfbzdjz/gzdt/201701/t20170117_174430.html.

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