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China formalizes merger reviews at provincial-level agencies after successful pilot

By MLex Staff ( August 4, 2025, 06:43 GMT | Insight) -- China’s top merger control regulator will entrust five provincial authorities with reviewing fast-track merger deals, following a three-year pilot that saw the local agencies handle more than half of the national caseload. The agencies will be responsible for examining simple cases designated by the State Administration for Market Regulation, which will retain authority to issue final decisions. China’s top merger control regulator has formalized a pilot program that entrusted the review of simple cases to five provincial-level agencies....

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