In the case, which has been ongoing since January 2005, some US companies accused four major vitamin C producers in China, including Hebei Welcome, of price collusion and the formation of a monopoly, and requested compensation of 1.57 billion yuan ($242 million).

The case started in January 2005, when some US merchants accused the vitamin C producers of price collusion and monopoly, and requested 1.57 billion yuan ($242 million) in compensation.

She said Chinese mainland regulators have taken action against collusion, insider dealing and front-running a stock, in addition to improving information disclosure.

Referring to the recent rally in coal prices, the government announced a series of measures to cool the market since October, such as boosting output and cracking down on illegal activities like price gouging and market collusion.

Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said the government's recent moves to boost supplies and crack down on illegal activities such as hoarding and collusion in the market will help stabilize market expectations and curb irrational coal price hikes.

The measures included boosting coal production and imports, improving the electricity pricing mechanism and cracking down on illegal activities such as hoarding and collusion in the market.

Since last week, the NDRC has announced a series of measures to ensure stable supplies and prices of coal, including boosting coal production, working on a pricing mechanism of a base price plus floating price and a crackdown on hoarding and collusion in the market.

Under the Light, another hit directed by Zhang, recounts a thrilling case involving a deputy mayor's collusion with a businessman, that has reminded theatergoers of China's efforts to fight corruption and gang violence.

During the past week, the NDRC announced a series of measures, including a crackdown on hoarding and collusion in the market, to boost coal supplies and contain rising coal prices.

Strong measures to make fossil fuel less expensive, spur energy efficiencyChina's skyrocketing coal prices are expected to stabilize gradually, as the government has pledged necessary measures like a crackdown on hoarding and collusion in the market, experts said on Wednesday.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation said it will continue to monitor market price order of chemical fertilizers, further strengthen supervision and law enforcement, and punish illegal acts such as hoarding, price hyping and price collusion.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation said it will enhance market scrutiny and crack down on illegal practices such as hoarding, price gouging and collusion.

Last week, the State Administration for Market Regulation said it would enhance market scrutiny and crack down on illegal practices, such as hoarding, price gouging and collusion.

China's State Administration For Market Regulation said it will continue to monitor market price order of major products such as chips, further strengthen supervision and law enforcement, and punish illegal acts such as hoarding, price hyping and price collusion.

The prosecution office subsequently informed press that an arrest warrant had been delivered to the CEO because of a danger of collusion posed by the suspect.

The Munich II State Prosecution Office responsible for investigations announced that the arrest warrant for the CEO was due to a danger of collusion posed by the suspect.

Despite being at the heart of scandals surrounding diesel engine emissions and recent allegations of illegal collusion among German automotive firms, BMW had a profit of about 5.58 billion euros ($6.6 billion) on a revenue of 49.25 billion euros in the first half of the year.

Specifically, the limit on the number of years that a professional services firm can offer auditing services to the same business or organization, and the heavy score weight for service quality, can work to avoid collusion between the SOE or listed company and the auditor.

"How to prevent operational risk, such as collusion between financial officers of a core company with other businesses in the upstream and downstream of a supply chain to commit loan fraud, is a major problem to be solved by banks providing supply-chain finance solutions.

Cracking down on collusion between officials, businesspeople to be prioritizedThe top disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China will prioritize the investigation of corruption cases involving collusion between officials and businesspeople, according to a communique issued on Wednesday.

Cracking down on collusion between officials and businesspeople has always been high on the agenda of the country's anti-corruption campaign.

China's Counter-Espionage Law says that overseas institutions, organizations and individuals who obtain data related to national security and interests through theft or bribery — in collusion with domestic entities or otherwise — will be considered to have engaged in acts of espionage.

It has relentlessly challenged the bottom line and made provocations in matters such as official interaction with Taiwan, arms sales to and military collusion with Taiwan, as well as helping Taiwan expand its so-called "international space," and has continuously obscured and hollowed out the one-China principle.

In response to the seriously erroneous acts of collusion between the United States and Taiwan, China will take resolute and effective measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Huang stressed maintaining "zero tolerance" to environmental violations, especially collusion between emitters and third-party environmental monitoring companies to falsify monitoring data.

It said that last year, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels firmly implemented the strategic principle of full and rigorous self-governance and took serious steps to investigate corruption, collusion, cover-ups and other nefarious behavior.

Efforts shall be made to investigate and deal with corruption that involves both political and economic elements, resolutely prevent leading officials from acting for any interest group or power group, and forestall any collusion between officials and businesspeople, or any infiltration of capital into politics that undermines the political ecosystem or the environment for economic development, the communique said.