A senior government official for China’s Pilot Free Trade Zone reportedly announced plans to implement guidelines for antitrust investigations in the zone, a move that hopes to quell concern among foreign investors over a lack of operational rules.
Ai Baojun, the head of the FTZ’s management committee, announced plans for the antitrust probe guidelines that will be implemented by the year’s second quarter.
According to one antitrust lawyer based in Shanghai, Yang Ning, the incoming antitrust rules will not be much different than those implemented by the Ministry of Commerce, which usually carriers out antitrust investigations, though they may be more strict as barriers to entry in the FTZ are relatively low.
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