8th China Competition Policy Forum

CCCS’s Chief Executive, Toh Han Li, delivered a keynote speech at the 8th China Competition Policy Forum (“CPPF”) held in Haikou, Hainan from 6 to 9 May 2019. The theme of the forum is “A Higher-Level of Opening-up and Competition Policy – From the Perspective of the Free Trade Zone/Free Port Construction in China”. In one of the panel discussions, CCCS’s Senior Director for Business & Economics, Herbert Fung, shared the role competition played in Singapore’s experience as a free trade port.

Separately, the CCCS delegation met with Director-General Wu Zhenguo of the Anti-Monopoly Bureau under the newly formed State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR AMB”) of China. The delegations from CCCS and the SAMR AMB discussed areas for further cooperation between China and ASEAN, as well as between CCCS and AMB.