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.
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, Chinese authorities released two white papers on biodiversity conservation, namely the “Opinions of Further Strengthening the Biodiversity Conservation” (關于進一步加強生物多樣性保護的意見) and “Biodiversity Conservation in China” (中國的生物多樣性保護).
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Hainan Province passed the Regulations on Fair Competition of Hainan Free Trade Port, which will come into effect on 1 Jan. 2022.
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, the NDRC released the proposed Negative List for Market Access (2021 Edition) to seek public comments.
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the 29th batch of Guiding Cases, all dealing with substantive consolidation in bankruptcy.
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
During the China Arbitration Week in September 2021, CIETAC initiated the Cooperation Mechanism of the Beijing Joint Declaration of the Belt and Road Arbitration Institutions, which was jointly reached by 32 overseas arbitration institutions and organizations and 15 domestic arbitration institutions.
Tue, 09 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC rendered the final ruling in Sharp v. OPPO, confirming Chinese Courts’ jurisdiction over setting SEP global rates for the first time.
Tue, 09 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation made an administrative penalty decision against Meituan for abusing its dominant market position in Chinese online food delivery service market.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China issued the “Outlines for Building a Powerful Country with Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2035)” (知識產權強國建設綱要(2021－2035年)), which aims to improve the creation, application, protection, management and services for intellectual property rights.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) released the “Circular of the General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on Matters Relating to the Filing of Asset-backed Plans and Insurance Private Equity Funds” (中國銀保監(jiān)會辦公廳關于資產支持計劃和保險私募基金登記有關事項的通知), which loosens the supervision of Insurance Asset-backed Schemes and Private Equity Funds from registration to filing.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce and other two authorities jointly issued the “Statistical Bulletin of China's Outbound Direct Investment in 2020” (2020年度中國對外直接投資統(tǒng)計公報), which shows that the amount of China's outbound direct investment reached USD 153.71 billion, up 12.3% year-on-year.