During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the State Administration for Market Regulation concluded a total of 3,667 cases of business concentration.

The concentration of operators' review is an important content to strengthen anti-monopoly law enforcement and maintain a fair competition order. It was learned from a press conference held by the State Administration for Market Regulation on the 11th that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the State Administration for Market Regulation concluded a total of 3,667 cases of operator concentration, involving a transaction amount of approximately 17.4 trillion yuan. Information from the press conference shows that in recent years, China's antitrust supervision system for operator concentration has been continuously improved, and the efficiency of operator concentration review has been continuously enhanced, effectively stimulating market M&A activities. The amended Anti-Monopoly Law will come into effect on August 1, 2022. Xu Lefu, Director of the Antitrust Division of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that in optimizing the rules of the operator concentration review system, the State Administration for Market Regulation has systematically improved the operator concentration review system and constructed a full-chain regulatory framework covering declaration, review, penalties, and compliance. It was learned from the press conference that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the State Administration for Market Regulation concluded a total of 3,667 cases of operator concentration, with over 99% of the concentration cases being rapidly cleared, encouraging operators to implement concentration in accordance with the law. With an average annual declaration volume increase of 74% compared to the "13th Five-Year Plan", the efficiency of the review has further improved. Xu Lefu stated that in the next step, the State Administration for Market Regulation will adhere to the principles of legal supervision, credit supervision, and intelligent supervision, create a market environment of fair competition and vitality through high-quality regulatory law enforcement, and inject strong impetus into the construction of a unified national large market.