Beijing, March 10 - China is reviewing Coca-Cola Co's bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group under the anti-monopoly law, Commerce Minister Chen Demin said on Tuesday.
Chen was speaking after a press conference during the annual parliamentary meeting.
Coca-Cola said in December it had filed an application for anti-trust approval in China. The case is being closely watched by analysts and lawyers since it is the first to test the nascent law.
Coke agreed to pay HK$12.20 a share in cash, nearly three times its HK$4.14 price before the deal was announced last September.