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Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the “14th Five-year Plan for Universal Medical Security” (“十四五”全民醫(yī)療保障規(guī)劃), marking China’s first five-year plan in the field of medical security.
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the “Regulation of Zhejiang Province on E-commerce”(浙江省電子商務(wù)條例) was passed by the Standing Committee of the 13th Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, marking China’s first local legislation for e-commerce.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Shanghai High People's Court issued the “Typical Cases Involving the Belt and Road Initiative by Shanghai Courts (from October 2018 to September 2021)” (上海法院服務(wù)保障“一帶一路”建設(shè)典型案例), which is the second time that Shanghai High People’s Court has issued typical cases involving the BRI.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Zhejiang passed the “Decision of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress on the Tackling of Online False Information” (浙江省人民代表大會常務(wù)委員會關(guān)于網(wǎng)絡(luò)虛假信息治理的決定), aiming to establish the mechanism for combating online false information.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the SPC issued ten typical cases of anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, covering both traditional acts of unfair competition and monopoly and some new-type ones like click farming.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China’s National Special Committee of New-generation Artificial Intelligence Governance issued the “Code of Ethics for New-generation Artificial Intelligence” (新一代人工智能倫理規(guī)范), aiming to integrate ethics and morals into the whole life cycle of AI and provide ethical guidance for stakeholders engaged in AI-related activities.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the SPC issued the “Implementing Measures for Improving the Pilot Reform of Functions and Roles of Courts at Four Trial Levels ”(關(guān)于完善四級法院審級職能定位改革試點(diǎn)的實(shí)施辦法), which stipulates the objectives, tasks, and scope, and supporting measures of the 2-year pilot reform.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China’s first collegial panel for data-related disputes was established in Guangzhou Internet Court, and ten typical cases concerning data-related and virtual property disputes heard by the court were published at the same time.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China and other eight authorities jointly issued the “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Comprehensive Governance of the Internet Information Service Algorithms”(關(guān)于加強(qiáng)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)信息服務(wù)算法綜合治理的指導(dǎo)意見), aiming to establish the pattern of comprehensive governance of algorithmic security in about three years.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate released the data on case handling by procuratorates nationwide from January to June 2021.