Antitrust

Compliance advice that recognizes business necessities is crucial for effective in-house work

Hong Kong finalizes secondary listing reforms to attract more Greater China Issuers; SAMR fines tech giants for failing to declare transactions; and German insurer Allianz approved to take full control of life insurance business

Anti-Monopoly Law draft includes provisions on data protection

Hong Kong Court grants landmark interlocutory injunctions in IP Case; Draft amendment to Anti-Monopoly Law targets platform economy; 4 G-SIBs to comply with new TLAC requirements By 2025

Meituan fined for abusing dominant position; Draft market access negative list released; and SAFE data shows record high foreign investment into China

SPC defines business ethics in the context of unfair competition

SAMR prohibits unfair traffic hijacking online

National People's Congress passes landmark personal information protection law; SAMR releases draft unfair competition rules for internet industry; and State Council finalizes long-awaited draft on CII operators

Biden administration adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to Entity List; SAMR issues record antitrust fine on Alibaba over market dominance abuse; and new measures released for Hainan free trade port

Luokung Technology sues the U.S. government over CCMC designation; U.S. senators reintroduce bill proposing to bar blacklisted Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets; and VIE structures expected to undergo greater scrutiny under Chinese merger control regime according to new report