China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) completed 298
antitrust reviews of operator concentrations in H1, granting 283 unconditional
approvals. By industry, manufacturing accounted for 105 cases (37.1%), the most
active sector; other sector counts: utilities (water, power, gas, heat) 32,
transportation 25, financial services 22, real estate 21, wholesale and retail
17. Within manufacturing, chemical raw materials & chemical products and
automobile manufacturing led with 17 cases each (about 16.2% of manufacturing);
other notable manufacturing categories included electrical machinery and
equipment, rubber and plastics, computer/communications & other electronic
equipment, petroleum/coal & other fuel processing, and general equipment
manufacturing.
