Adding Antitrust to NDRC’s Arsenal

On December 29, 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) released the Anti-Price Monopoly Regulation and the Regulation on the Anti-Price Monopoly Administrative Enforcement Procedure (“NDRC Procedural Regulation”). Finalizing these measures signifies a new phase in NDRC’s enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) with respect to price-related violations of the rules against “monopoly agree