Thu, 06 Mar 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, China issued new guidelines restricting food delivery marketing to curb waste by prohibiting promotions that encourage overeating, setting reasonable order quantities, and optimizing discount mechanisms.
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, Zhuhai, Guangdong, adopted China's first local regulation on commercial mediation, effective January 1, 2025, to govern mediation activities within the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone.
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People's Court selected China's first third-party funding-related arbitration case (Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd. et al. v. CLC Aircraft Leasing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.(2022) Jing 04 Min Te No. 368-369 ), as one of its top ten typical cases, setting a precedent for judicial review of arbitration involving third-party funding.
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People's Court announced its support for the establishment of an International Commercial Arbitration Center in Beijing, outlining measures to enhance arbitration review, enforcement, and the recognition of foreign arbitral awards.
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) published its first batch of maritime guiding cases, addressing key issues such as maritime cargo contracts, ship collisions, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November, China's Supreme People's Court(SPC) and Supreme People's Procuratorate(SPP) issued a new judicial interpretation to enhance enforcement and penalize refusal to comply with court judgments, focusing on protecting judgment creditors' rights.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's newly revised Anti-Money Laundering Law, effective January 1, 2025, strengthens regulations on financial institutions, enhances AML obligations, and includes measures to prevent terrorist financing.
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
In October 2024, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia ruled to enforce a Chinese monetary judgment (Fujian Rongtaiyuan Industrial Co Ltd v Zhan [2024] NSWSC 1318). The Chinese judgment was made by the Fujian High People’s Court, which was affirmed by a judgment of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in 2021.
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Effective June 1, 2025, China's newly passed Preschool Education Law emphasizes inclusivity and government-led development, and prohibits primary school-style teaching in kindergartens to promote the well-being and development of preschool children.
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's revised Cultural Relics Protection Law, effective March 1, 2025, strengthens preservation measures, introduces pre-construction surveys, and promotes international cooperation in the restitution and return of cultural relics.