Projects and Activities

• Lingnan Competition Policy Forum: Mainland China and Hong Kong (15-16 December 2017)

Organized by the Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation of Lingnan University and supported by the Hong Kong Competition Commission, the Conference focus on recent developments surrounding the Competition Ordinance of Hong Kong (CO) and the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) of China. Covered areas include:

• Hong Kong’s CO: Enforcement policy, recent cases, and challenges
• China’s AML: Recent developments and experiences/lessons from the past 10 years
• Recent Intel decision of the European Court of Justice and implications
• Economic analysis in competition law enforcement
• Competition policy and digital economy
• Case studies

Keynote Speakers:

• Damien GERADIN, Tilburg Law & Economics Centre and UCL, “Intel judgment of the CJEU and its impact for EU competition law”
• HUANG Yong, University of International Business and Economics
• Godfrey LAM Wan-hao, Competition Tribunal, Hong Kong
• Brent SNYDER, Hong Kong Competition Commission
• YANG Hongcan, Anti-Unfair Competition and Anti-Monopoly Bureau, SAIC

Other Speakers:

• Leonard CHENG, Lingnan University
• Thomas CHENG, The University of Hong Kong, “The NDRC Qualcomm case in China”
• Stephen CROSSWELL, Baker & McKenzie, “Statutory and regulatory impediments to competition and innovation: a role for competition policy?”
• Lilla CSORGO, Hong Kong Competition Commission, “An economics take on competition law in Hong Kong”
• Ken DAI, Dentons, Shanghai, “Big data and competition”
• Ninette DODOO, Freshfields, Beijing, “Merger Control in China”
• DONG, Hongxia, MOFCOM
• Adrian EMCH, Hogan Lovells, Beijing, “Antitrust litigation in China since 2008”
• Knut FOURNIER, Hong Kong Competition Association, “Starting from scratch: the evolution of the competition bar in Hong Kong”
• John GONG, University of International Business and Economics, “Defining relevant markets in the era of digital economy”
• Xinyu HUA, HKUST
• Janet HUI, Junhe, Beijing, “Vertical monopoly agreements under the AML: The recent anti-monopoly guidelines on the automobile sector”
• Clara INGEN-HOUSZ, Linklaters, Hong Kong, “Public restraints under the AML: law, recent enforcement and upcoming developments”
• Heng JU, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
• Kelvin KWOK, The University of Hong Kong, “Antitrust enforcement and state restraints at the Mainland-Hong Kong interface”
• Ping LIN, Lingnan University, “Merger Control in China: Use of Theories of Harms and Implications for Hong Kong”
• Alastair MORDAUNT, Freshfields, Hong Kong, “Blockbuster or bread & butter cases – what’s the right policy goal for a competition authority?”
• Sharon PANG, CRA, Washington DC, “Dynamics of the Hong Kong auto fuel Market: an economic perspective”
• Marcus POLLARD, Linklaters, Hong Kong, “Individuals under the Competition Ordinance - rights, protections and sanctions”
• Derek RITZMANN, Compass Lexecon, Hong Kong, “Object versus effects analysis in the Hong Kong and other competition laws”
• SHI Jianzhong, China’s University of Politics and Laws, “Monopoly agreements under the AML: agreeing and implementation”
• Guofu TAN, University of Southern California, “The SAIC Tetra Pak case in China”
• Vivian TANG, Cleary, Hong Kong, “Bid-rigging in Hong Kong”
• WANG Xiaoye, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Defining relevant markets under China’s AML”
• WANG Jian, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, “Fines under the AML: current status, challenges and prospect”
• Mark WILLIAMS, University of Melbourne
• Yan YU, RBB, Melbourne
• YE Weiping, Shenzhen University, “The disappeared per se illegality under China’s IPR Anti-Monopoly Guidelines”
• YU Li, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, “Damage classification and penalty structure under the AML”
• Vanessa Yanhua ZHANG, Global Economics Group, New York & Beijing, “Private litigation and economics under the AML”
• ZHANG Roger, East & Concord Partners, Beijing, “An analytical framework of data related competition concerns”
• ZHAO Chunlei, Anti-Unfair Competition and Anti-Monopoly Bureau, SAIC
• Jingwen ZHU, Winston & Strawn, Hong Kong

More Information:

• Conference Programme
• Campus Map
• Enquiries: [email protected]