Fri, 01 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the Draft of “Provisions on Prohibiting Acts of Unfair Competition on the Internet”(禁止網(wǎng)絡(luò)不正當(dāng)競爭行為規(guī)定) , stipulating standards for determining malicious incompatibility as a type of unfair competition.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China released the “Administrative Provisions on Algorithm Recommendation of Internet Information Services (Draft for Public Comment)(互聯(lián)網(wǎng)信息服務(wù)算法推薦管理規(guī)定), laying out the obligations of algorithm service providers.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, a report by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress shows that since the implementation of China’s Enterprise Bankruptcy Law in 2007, Chinese courts have accepted 59,604 bankruptcy cases and concluded 48,045 of them during the past 13 years.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

To ensure the implementation of China’s first Personal Information Protection Law, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the “Notice on Implementing the Personal Information Protection Law and Promoting Procuratorial Work of Public Interest Litigation on Personal Information Protection”(關(guān)于貫徹執(zhí)行個人信息保護法推進個人信息保護公益訴訟檢察工作的通知), calling for attention to sensitive personal information in public interest litigation.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Shandong High People’s Court confirmed in Ma v. Liu et al. (2021) that citizens' investment and trading in virtual currencies are not protected by law.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court and other two authorities jointly issued the “Implementing Opinions on Establishing the Bankruptcy Information Sharing and Status Publicity Mechanism”(關(guān)于建立破產(chǎn)信息共享與狀態(tài)公示機制的實施意見) to develop the first bankruptcy information publicity mechanism in China.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed the “Legal Aid Law of the People's Republic of China” (中華人民共和國法律援助法), which will come into force on 1 Jan. 2022.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Cyberspace Administration of China and other four authorities jointly issued the “Provisions on the Administration of Automotive Data Security (for Trial Implementation)”(汽車數(shù)據(jù)安全管理若干規(guī)定(試行)), aiming to regulate automotive data processing activities and promote the reasonable development and utilization of automotive data.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Hainan Province issued the proposed “Administrative Measures for the Negative List for Cross-border Trade in Services in Hainan Free Trade Port (for Trial Implementation) (海南自由貿(mào)易港跨境服務(wù)貿(mào)易負面清單管理辦法(試行)), reiterating the equal treatment for domestic and foreign services and service providers in terms of fields outside the Negative List.

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Chongqing High People’s Court issued “the Sentencing Guidelines for Illegal Fishing”(關(guān)于非法捕撈犯罪的量刑指引), aiming to unify the trial standards and crackdown on illegal fishing in line with the "ten-year fishing ban" for the Yangtze River.