BEIJING, Dec. 18, 2025 —
China’s top market regulator is intensifying competition advocacy efforts through a nationwide antitrust compliance programme aimed at preventing monopolistic conduct and strengthening fair competition across key sectors of the economy.
The State Administration for Market Regulation said its “antitrust compliance lecture series,” launched in May 2024, has expanded rapidly and now covers a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, public utilities, digital economy, manufacturing, transport and intellectual property. The initiative focuses on early prevention of anti-competitive conduct by explaining antitrust rules, analysing enforcement cases and providing hands-on guidance to companies.
According to the regulator, 21 sessions have been held so far, training more than 1,000 industry associations and companies and reaching over 80,000 participants online and offline. Official assessments indicate the programme has significantly improved firms’ ability to identify monopoly risks and shortened the time needed to build internal compliance systems.
The authority said the lectures complement tougher enforcement in sectors closely linked to consumers, such as healthcare, energy and utilities, and are designed to help businesses move from passive compliance to proactively embedding competition rules into daily operations. The regulator added that stronger competition awareness is already translating into lower prices in some industries and increased innovation investment, supporting China’s broader push for high-quality economic development.
Source: https://www.samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/art/2025/art_f9a078f8044e4257ba385322a3b84cd5.html
