We are happy to share the details of the forthcoming Symposium on Conflict, Coordination, and Legal Responses regarding Competition Policy and Industrial Policy.
The Symposium is organized by the Law School and College of Business of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) and co-organized by the Centre for the Regulation of the Creative Economy (CREATe), UK, the Research Center for Anti-Monopoly and Competition Economics, SUFE and the Research Center for Competition Law and Intellectual Property, SUFE.
The event will take place on 27 July 2026 at Room 116, Law Building, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 777 Guoding Road, Shanghai.
About the event:
Competition policy and industrial policy both play important roles in shaping markets and addressing market failures. While competition policy seeks to protect competition and enhance market efficiency, industrial policy employs instruments such as subsidies, taxation, and regulation to accelerate technological innovation and strengthen industrial competitiveness. Although both policies ultimately aim to promote economic development, they are guided by different objectives, institutional logics, and regulatory approaches, giving rise to tensions and coordination challenges in policy implementation.
Recent global developments — including rapid advances in artificial intelligence, geopolitical competition, and supply-chain restructuring —have prompted many jurisdictions to revive industrial policy. At the same time, competition law and policy are increasingly expected to accommodate broader public interests, including innovation. These developments have intensified debates over how competition policy and industrial policy should interact, complement one another, and, where necessary, be reconciled within a coherent legal framework.
The Symposium on Conflict, Coordination, and Legal Responses regarding Competition Policy and Industrial Policy aims to examine these evolving issues from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. Particular attention will be devoted to the relationship between competition policy and AI industrial policy, as well as the interaction between competition policy and other forms of industrial policy. Recognising that countries at different stages of economic development often assign different roles to competition policy and industrial policy, the symposium welcomes diverse perspectives and comparative analyses.
Bringing together leading academics, researchers, legal scholars, and practitioners from across Asia, Europe, and beyond, the symposium will feature two thematic sessions focusing on Competition Policy and AI Industrial Policy and Competition Policy and Other Industrial Policies. Through expert presentations and discussions, participants will explore contemporary legal and policy challenges, exchange comparative insights, and contribute to ongoing debates on the future relationship between competition policy and industrial policy in an increasingly technology-driven global economy.
Please find the event agenda and additional information here.
