M&A reviews could speed up

Ministry official says proposed move would 'fast-track' transactions

China might streamline anti-monopoly reviews for mergers and acquisitions this year to facilitate transactions, a senior official said.

The Ministry of Commerce plans to introduce simplified methods of assessing concentration by classifying M&A applications according to the market shares companies held before formal investigations commenced, Shang Ming, director of the ministry's anti-monopoly bureau, said in an address at Peking University on Wednesday.