China Legal Trends
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2022, the State Administration of Market Regulation issued the Annual Report on China’s Antitrust Enforcement (2021) (中国反垄断执法年度报告(2021)), which reveals data on China’s antitrust cases in 2021.
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2022, the State Council issued the “Measures for the Administration of Tattooing of Minors” (未成年人文身治理工作办法), aiming to prohibit providing tattoo services for minors.
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court released ten typical maritime cases, one of which shows how courts applied the New York Convention and Chinese civil procedure law in enforcing foreign arbitral awards.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, the “Matters Concerning Further Facilitating Foreign Institutional Investment in China’s Bond Market” was issued, which indicates that foreign investors’ access to China’s bond market will be extended to the exchange bond market.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission issued the “Special Relief Arrangements on Arbitration Fees Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic”(关于应对新冠肺炎疫情纾困当事人减退仲裁费的特别安排), which reduces arbitration fees under certain conditions.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, UNIDROIT and the Hong Kong Government concluded a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the promotion and development of private international law and commercial law in the Asia-Pacific region through the organization of events and other initiatives.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2022, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate released the “White Paper on Prosecutorial Practice for Minors (2021)”, which published data on juvenile crimes and crimes against minors in China.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, the Supreme People’s Court and other authorities jointly issued the “Implementing Measures on the Sealing of Juvenile Criminal Records”(关于未成年人犯罪记录封存的实施办法), which refines rules for sealing juvenile criminal records based on China’s Criminal Procedure Law.
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, Beijing issued the “Notice on Conducting the Pilot Project of Legal Expenses Insurance for Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes involving Beijing Companies in 2022” (开展2022年北京市知识产权海外纠纷法律费用保险试点工作的通知), indicating that insurance companies can provide legal expense insurance to cover the legal costs of overseas IP disputes for Chinese companies.
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2022, China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the “Administrative Measures for Supervising Managers of Publicly Offered Securities Investment Funds” (公开募集证券投资基金管理人监督管理办法) to strengthen the supervision over managers of publicly-offered securities investment funds.