China Legal Trends provides up-to-the-minute comments on China's laws, regulations, policies and cases, as well as in-depth analyses on major events relating to Chinese law and insights on public documents.
As a column of China Justice Observer, China Legal Trends is updated daily.
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the Supreme People’s Court and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly issued ten typical cases of overtime disputes, revealing the negative attitude to the 996 working hour system and other serious overtime in the workplace.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, China Securities Regulatory Commission and other departments jointly issued the “Guidelines for the Application of Regulatory Rules – Legal Class No.2: Rules for the Practice of Law Firms Engaged in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) and Listings” (监管规则适用指引——法律类第2号：律师事务所从事首次公开发行股票并上市法律业务执业细则), which sets new rules on law firms IPO practice in China.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2022, China officially joined the Hague System of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Marrakesh Treaty.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2022, the Supreme People’s Court issued the “Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning Application of Law in Trials of Compensation Execution-Related Cases” (关于审理涉执行司法赔偿案件适用法律若干问题的解释), which focuses on judicial compensation due to mistakes in the enforcement of judgments.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2021, China’s Ministry of Justice and other two authorities jointly issued the “Opinions on Further Regulating Lawyers’ Fees” (关于进一步规范律师服务收费的意见), which focuses on regulating the contingent lawyers’ fees.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s National Platform for Lawyers’ Integrity Information, an online platform developed by China’s Ministry of Justice and the All China Lawyers Association, started its operation officially in February 2022.
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, a company that used data from Douyin without permission was ruled to compensate damages of CNY 1 million, marking China’s first unfair competition case involving rights and interests of live streaming data.
Thu, 03 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, Chinese authorities issued “Guiding Opinions on the High-Quality Implementation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)” (关于高质量实施<区域全面经济伙伴关系协定>的指导意见) to guide Chinese enterprises in promoting trade and investment under the implementation of RCEP.
Wed, 02 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued the “Guidance on Digital Transformation of Banking and Insurance Industries” (关于银行业保险业数字化转型的指导意见), which requires banking and insurance institutions to develop industrial digital finance and promote digitalized operating and management systems.
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2021, China’s Ministry of Justice released the “Plan for Development of the National Public Legal Service System (2021-2025)” (全国公共法律服务体系建设规划(2021-2025)), which summarizes the progress of China’s public legal service in 2016-2020, such as the increase of legal service agencies and qualified legal professionals, and sets the goals of 2021-2025.