Mon, 01 Nov 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Are Chinese judges and prosecutors returning to law practice for higher income? Statistics show that only a few have changed their careers to lawyers.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

A study of over 400 administrative punishment cases sheds light on the current attitude of the Chinese government towards facial recognition and provides a scenario to assess how China’s Personal Information Protection Law would apply should the cases occur today.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Under China’s People's Assessors Law, the assessors in a seven-person collegial bench can only participate in the fact-finding, but not the application of law. The newly issued replies from the SPC and MOJ clarify how the collegial bench shall produce a list of issues on the fact-finding, so as to sure the proper distinction between legal matters and factual matters.

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In July 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the “English Translation of Organizations, Positions and Workplaces of the People’s Court”, standardizing the relevant English translations.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

What is the duty lawyer? Who will serve as legal aid personnel? What kind of legal services can be provided? Here’s key questions to be answered to get to know China’s Legal Aid Law.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

People’s Assessors Law of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated on 27 Apr. 2018, and entered into force on the same date.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In August 2020, the Intellectual Property Court of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued, in Huawei v. Conversant (2019), the first-ever conduct preservation order as equivalent to anti-suit injunctions in China’s IP-related litigation.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In May 2020, the New South Wales Supreme Court, Australia, ruled in Bao v Qu; Tian (2020), marking the first case for New South Wales of Australia to enforce a monetary judgment made by a Chinese court.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

Work Safety Law (安全生產(chǎn)法) was promulgated on 29 June 2002, and amended in 2009, 2014, and 2021 respectively. The latest revision entered into force on 1 Sept. 2021.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

Several Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Disputes over Infringement upon the Right to New Plant Varieties (II) (最高人民法院關(guān)于審理侵害植物新品種權(quán)糾紛案件具體應(yīng)用法律問題的若干規(guī)定(二)) were promulgated on 5 July 2021, and entered into force on 7 July 2021.