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China's SAMR to entrust fast-track merger reviews to provincial regulators

( July 31, 2025, 09:52 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation will entrust the review of mergers and acquisitions subject to a fast-track procedure to provincial-level market-supervision departments in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Chongqing and Shaanxi starting Aug. 1, following a successful three-year pilot launched in 2022, according to an announcement published today by SAMR. Provincial authorities will submit review reports to the regulator and the regulator will make final merger-review decisions accordingly. Unconditionally cleared deals will continue to be published on SAMR's website on a regular basis.The statement follows:...

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