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.
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China released the “Administrative Provisions on Algorithm Recommendation of Internet Information Services (Draft for Public Comment)(互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定), laying out the obligations of algorithm service providers.
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.
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.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, Hainan Province issued the proposed “Administrative Measures for the Negative List for Cross-border Trade in Services in Hainan Free Trade Port (for Trial Implementation) (海南自由贸易港跨境服务贸易负面清单管理办法(试行)), reiterating the equal treatment for domestic and foreign services and service providers in terms of fields outside the Negative List.
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, Chongqing High People’s Court issued “the Sentencing Guidelines for Illegal Fishing”(关于非法捕捞犯罪的量刑指引), aiming to unify the trial standards and crackdown on illegal fishing in line with the "ten-year fishing ban" for the Yangtze River.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the NPCSC deliberated on the third draft of the Doctors Law, which aims to improve the protection of doctors' rights and to add the risk-sharing of doctors' practice as well as the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.