Anti-Monopoly

China IP protection sees increasing foreign enterprises satisfaction rate

​ China has seen increasing foreign enterprises satisfaction rate with its IP protection, said Shen Changyu, Head of China National Intellectual Property Administration, at a press conference held on November 18.

China’s antitrust regulator imposed fines and confiscations totaling over 3 million Yuan in 2023

China’s antitrust regulator has handled 6870 cases related to unfair competition, imposing fines and confiscations totaling over 304 million Yuan, said Lv Jun, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, at a press conference held on September 4.

China deals with 339 monopoly cases since its first Anti-monopoly Law

​ China has dealt with 339 monopoly cases, fined and confiscated 37.9 billion Yuan and concluded 5,409 concentration cases since the country implemented its first Anti-monopoly Law in 2018, according to data revealed on August 11.

China’ s antitrust regulator imposed fines of 784 million Yuan in 2022 ​

China's antitrust regulator concluded 187 monopoly cases in 2022, with fines of 784 million yuan, according to the Report on China’s Anti-monopoly Law Enforcement (2022) released by the State Administration of Market Regulation(SMAR) on June 9.

China regulator fines two pharma firms 320 million yuan for monopolistic behaviour

​ On May 28, China's market regulator said it had fined two pharmaceutical companies 320 million yuan for entering into a monopolistic deal and abusing dominant market position. The State Administration of Market Regulation fined Grand Pharmaceutical 136 million yuan