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.
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Tue, 09 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC rendered the final ruling in Sharp v. OPPO, confirming Chinese Courts’ jurisdiction over setting SEP global rates for the first time.
Tue, 09 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation made an administrative penalty decision against Meituan for abusing its dominant market position in Chinese online food delivery service market.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China issued the “Outlines for Building a Powerful Country with Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2035)” (知识产权强国建设纲要(2021－2035年)), which aims to improve the creation, application, protection, management and services for intellectual property rights.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) released the “Circular of the General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on Matters Relating to the Filing of Asset-backed Plans and Insurance Private Equity Funds” (中国银保监会办公厅关于资产支持计划和保险私募基金登记有关事项的通知), which loosens the supervision of Insurance Asset-backed Schemes and Private Equity Funds from registration to filing.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce and other two authorities jointly issued the “Statistical Bulletin of China's Outbound Direct Investment in 2020” (2020年度中国对外直接投资统计公报), which shows that the amount of China's outbound direct investment reached USD 153.71 billion, up 12.3% year-on-year.
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the “14th Five-year Plan for Universal Medical Security” (“十四五”全民医疗保障规划), marking China’s first five-year plan in the field of medical security.
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the “Regulation of Zhejiang Province on E-commerce”(浙江省电子商务条例) was passed by the Standing Committee of the 13th Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, marking China’s first local legislation for e-commerce.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Shanghai High People's Court issued the “Typical Cases Involving the Belt and Road Initiative by Shanghai Courts (from October 2018 to September 2021)” (上海法院服务保障“一带一路”建设典型案例), which is the second time that Shanghai High People’s Court has issued typical cases involving the BRI.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Zhejiang passed the “Decision of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress on the Tackling of Online False Information” (浙江省人民代表大会常务委员会关于网络虚假信息治理的决定), aiming to establish the mechanism for combating online false information.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the SPC issued ten typical cases of anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, covering both traditional acts of unfair competition and monopoly and some new-type ones like click farming.