China Justice Observer

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In September 2021, the Supreme People’s Court released the first batch of ten typical cases of IPR judicial protection by the court in the seed industry.

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In September 2021, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued “Annual Report on Anti-monopoly Law Enforcement in China (2020)”(中国反垄断执法年度报告), summarizing the efforts to improve the legal framework of anti-monopoly, so as to promote a fair competition system and optimize the competitive market.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) issued the 29th batch of Guiding Cases, clarifying the procedures and methods in procuratorial public interest litigation.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, Hainan government issued “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)).

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, China’s “Administrative Measures for Foreign Aid” (对外援助管理办法) was issued, detailing three types of aid funds and the implementation of foreign aid.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the Draft of “Provisions on Prohibiting Acts of Unfair Competition on the Internet”(禁止网络不正当竞争行为规定) , stipulating standards for determining malicious incompatibility as a type of unfair competition.

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.