China Legal Trends
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme People's Court has established a dedicated Lawyers' Liaison Office to better protect lawyers' professional rights and improve coordination with the legal profession.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s top legislature has revised its Public Security Administration Punishments Law to address emerging crimes, increase police transparency, and refine juvenile justice procedures, effective January 1, 2026.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's top legislature has revised the Anti-Unfair Competition Law to better regulate digital economy practices, with new provisions targeting online unfair competition and platform responsibilities, effective October 15, 2025.
Tue, 04 Nov 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has initiated a pilot for electronic apostilles to simplify cross-border document processes, starting with certificates of origin via an online CCPIT platform, amid rising commercial certificate issuances in 2025.
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released five typical cases addressing online consumption issues like false advertising and consumer rights to regulate new business formats such as live-stream marketing.
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released typical cases addressing AI voice cloning, face-swapping, and cyberbullying to combat new digital-era personality rights violations.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released five typical cases of environmental and resource trials and its 2024 report, highlighting stronger judicial efforts in biodiversity protection, ecosystem restoration, and environmental crime prevention.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued a new judicial interpretation, replacing its 2011 predecessor to standardize adjudication of government information disclosure cases and safeguard citizens' right to know by clarifying trial standards, defendant identification, burden of proof, and preventive relief.
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released five typical cases to strengthen holistic judicial protection for minors, exemplifying the "best interests of the child" principle through integrated criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings.
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
A Beijing court enforced a debt judgment for the first time by seizing and selling a company's carbon emission allowances, raising over $139,000 to pay owed wages to workers.