In the first quarter of this year, the Market Supervision Administration completed the antitrust review of 173 cases of business concentration.

The State Administration for Market Regulation announced today that in the first quarter of 2026, a total of 173 cases of operators' concentration had been concluded, including 164 cases unconditionally approved, 7 cases withdrawn by the declarants after acceptance, 1 case conditionally approved, and 1 case prohibited. In terms of industry distribution, there were 57 cases of concentrated cases in the manufacturing industry, accounting for approximately 34.8%, with the most active investment. Other industries with a high number of transactions include transportation, electricity, gas, heat production and supply, finance, real estate, wholesale and retail. In terms of specific industry categories, the automotive manufacturing industry has the highest number of concentrated cases in manufacturing, with 8 cases, accounting for approximately 14.0% of the total in the industry; other industries with a higher number of cases include chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, general equipment manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, special equipment manufacturing, computer and electronic equipment manufacturing, among others.