Doom or Gloom? The Experience of China’s Antitrust Law in the First 200 Days

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Steve Yu, Apr 30, 2009

On August 30, 2007, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Anti‐
Monopoly Law (“AML”), the first ever comprehensive competition law of the
largest emerging market in the world. This was the culmination of 13 years of
legislative effort and debate since the first draft of this law was originally conceived.

Similar to competition law in many other jurisdictions, China’s AML primarily
address...