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SAMR merger-penalty rules strike balance between strictness, leniency, cabinet advisor says

By MLex Staff ( March 27, 2025, 06:09 GMT | Insight) -- Newly unveiled penalty scales for merger-control violations by China’s top competition regulator strike a balance between strictness and leniency, an advisor to China’s cabinet said. The guidelines introduce exemption provisions for violations that do not harm competition, alongside scenarios for maximum penalties, as highlighted by Ding Maozhong, a member of the State Council's Antimonopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Commission's expert advisory group, in an article yesterday in state-run media outlet CNR. Newly unveiled penalty scales for merger-control violations by China’s top competition regulator strike a balance between strictness and leniency, an advisor to China’s cabinet said....

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