China Legal Trends provides up-to-the-minute comments on China's laws, regulations, policies and cases, as well as in-depth analyses on major events relating to Chinese law and insights on public documents.
As a column of China Justice Observer, China Legal Trends is updated daily.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, China's first data resources specialized tribunal was established in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2022, China’s Supreme Court and 13 departments jointly issued the “Administrative Provisions on Compensation for Environmental Damage” (生態(tài)環(huán)境損害賠償管理規(guī)定) to further specify and improve the norms of environmental damage compensation.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, to prevent the abuse of personal bankruptcy, Shenzhen issued the Opinions on Enhancing Individual Bankruptcy Filings and Reviews (加強個人破產(chǎn)申請與審查工作的實施意見).
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2022, China launched the Chengdu International Commercial Tribunal, the first of its kind to have cross-regional centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases for first-instance trials in Sichuan Province.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, an antitrust case against China's largest academic publisher CNKI was filed by the State Administration for Market Regulation.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The webinar ‘Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 2005 Choice of Court and 2019 Judgments Conventions’ will take place on Wednesday, July 27 between 3 to 6 pm (Singapore time). This event is organized jointly by the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, China’s highest judicial organs issued the “Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Handling of Public Interest Litigation Cases Involving Marine Natural Resources and Ecological Environment” (《最高人民法院、最高人民檢察院關(guān)于辦理海洋自然資源與生態(tài)環(huán)境公益訴訟案件若干問題的規(guī)定》), which stipulates how to handle civil public interest litigation involving the marine environment.
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, the draft of the “Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment (2022)” was issued to solicit public opinion. The new catalogue adds 238 items and deletes 38 items compared with its 2020 edition.
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2022, China for the first time recognized and enforced an English commercial judgment.
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, ten typical cases of public interest litigation to protect the rights and interests of persons with disabilities were released by China’s Supreme Procuratorate and China Disabled Persons’ Federation.