China Justice Observer

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In September 2021, China issued the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021- 2025), which covers eight parts, including economic, social and cultural rights; citizen’s civil and political rights; and human rights education and research, etc.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In September 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued Typical Cases of procuratorial public interest lawsuits, providing guidance for procuratorates across the country.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, a report by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress shows that since the implementation of China’s Enterprise Bankruptcy Law in 2007, Chinese courts have accepted 59,604 bankruptcy cases and concluded 48,045 of them during the past 13 years.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

To ensure the implementation of China’s first Personal Information Protection Law, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the “Notice on Implementing the Personal Information Protection Law and Promoting Procuratorial Work of Public Interest Litigation on Personal Information Protection”(关于贯彻执行个人信息保护法推进个人信息保护公益诉讼检察工作的通知), calling for attention to sensitive personal information in public interest litigation.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

In August 2020, the Intellectual Property Court of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued, in Huawei v. Conversant (2019), the first-ever conduct preservation order as equivalent to anti-suit injunctions in China’s IP-related litigation.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Shandong High People’s Court confirmed in Ma v. Liu et al. (2021) that citizens' investment and trading in virtual currencies are not protected by law.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court and other two authorities jointly issued the “Implementing Opinions on Establishing the Bankruptcy Information Sharing and Status Publicity Mechanism”(关于建立破产信息共享与状态公示机制的实施意见) to develop the first bankruptcy information publicity mechanism in China.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed the “Legal Aid Law of the People's Republic of China” (中华人民共和国法律援助法), which will come into force on 1 Jan. 2022.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Cyberspace Administration of China and other four authorities jointly issued the “Provisions on the Administration of Automotive Data Security (for Trial Implementation)”(汽车数据安全管理若干规定(试行)), aiming to regulate automotive data processing activities and promote the reasonable development and utilization of automotive data.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

In 2021, China's Supreme Court's newly issued judicial interpretation on places stricter restrictions on facial recognition technology so as to protect the individuals' facial information.