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        中国反垄断部门已批准韩国两大造船巨头，即现代重工旗下造船子公司——韩国造船与海洋工程（Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, 以下简称KSOE）和大宇造船及海洋工程公司（Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, DSME, 以下简称大宇造船）进行合并。

 

        韩联社报道，匿名人士透露，中国国家市场监督管理总局近日已通知KSOE，其与大宇造船的商业合并不违反中国反垄断法规，不会危及到中国的市场竞争。

 

        目前，KSOE和大宇造船的合并已获得三国批准。2019年10月，该合并方案获得哈萨克斯坦批准。随后，新加坡竞争与消费者委员会（Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, 简称CCCS）于今年8月批准了该合并。

 

        但实现合并还有很长的路要走。该合并方案还需要韩国、日本和欧盟的批准。因担忧合并方案可能会削弱全球造船市场的竞争，欧盟从去年开始始终在审查该合并方案。

 

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China okays KSOE-DSME merger

 

China’s antitrust authority has reportedly approved the planned merger between South Korean shipbuilding majors, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding arm of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

 

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) recently informed KSOE that the proposed business combination with DSME would not violate antitrust laws or endanger competition in the country, Yonhap News Agency reported, referring to unnamed sources.

 

This is the third antitrust approval granted to KSOE so far. In October 2019, the deal got a green light from Kazakhstan. What is more, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) cleared the proposed merger in August this year.

 

The merger still needs to secure approvals from South Korea, Japan and the European Union. Since last year, the EU has been investigating the proposed merger due to concerns that the deal may reduce competition in various global shipbuilding markets.