China advances unified-market rules as foreign-related legal toolkit expands
By MLex Staff ( September 17, 2026, 07:47 GMT | Insight) -- China has completed an initial draft of its planned National Unified Market Construction Regulation, which will target local protectionism, market fragmentation and destructive competition, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. The initiative forms part of a broader legislative push to improve the business environment that also includes expanding foreign-related rules to facilitate further opening-up and protect Chinese assets and the interests of Chinese companies and citizens abroad.China has completed an initial draft of a planned regulation for building a unified national market, aimed at breaking down local protectionism and market fragmentation and putting Beijing's long-running market-integration drive on a firmer legal footing....
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