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.
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2021, the People's Bank of China and other four authorities jointly released the “Notice on Promoting the Healthy Development of the Credit Rating Industry in the Bond Market”(关于促进债券市场信用评级行业健康发展的通知), laying out regulations on bond credit rating.
Tue, 07 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, China's Ministry of Commerce reported on the national online retail market in the first half of 2021, showing a total of CNY 6.11 trillion sales in this period, with a year-on-year increase of 23.2 %.
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, Beijing Intellectual Property Court rendered the first-instance judgment on the trademark infringement and unfair competition case between the investors of the TV drama ‘Ipartment’ and the movie with the same title.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, for the purpose of countermeasure, China announced sanctions being imposed on seven US individuals and entities, which is the first time that the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law being applied since its implementation.
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, the SPC released the 28th batch of guiding cases, including six cases concerning copyright infringement.
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, China's Ministry of Justice released the “Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revised)”(《中华人民共和国仲裁法（修订）（征求意见稿）》) to solicit public comments.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, MOFCOM and other two authorities jointly issued “Working Guidelines for Outbound Investment and Cooperation on Digital Economy”(数字经济对外投资合作工作指引), which encourages enterprises to seize opportunities in overseas digital infrastructure markets and pay attention to the prevention and control of risks.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, the SPC issued "Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving the Use of Facial Recognition Technologies to Process Personal Information" (关于审理使用人脸识别技术处理个人信息相关民事案件适用法律若干问题的规定), stipulating relevant tort liabilities and contractual rules, etc.
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the “Rules on the Supervision of Civil Proceedings by People's Procuratorates”(人民检察院民事诉讼监督规则) , which, for the first time, includes sham litigation into the scope of cases that procuratorates may initiate supervisory proceedings ex officio.
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, Shanghai High People's Court issued the 2020 White Paper on Administrative Trials in Shanghai, which shows, among others, the rate of heads of administrative organs appearing in court is 47.8%, up 7.9% year-on-year.