Thu, 24 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2025, China issued regulations effective May 1, 2025, to enhance dispute resolution, evidence collection, and countermeasures for foreign-related intellectual property disputes, strengthening services and enterprise capabilities.
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2025, China's Supreme People’s Court (SPC) standardized foreign currency overdue payment interest rates, setting clear calculation rules for cases with or without prior agreements to ensure judicial consistency.
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2024, China's State Council released an action plan, outlining 24 measures to attract foreign investment, focusing on expanding market access and enhancing investment liberalization.
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's adoption of the Apostille Convention, effective from 7 Nov. 2023, marks a significant step forward in China’s efforts to facilitate the circulation of international public documents.
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, the “2022 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment” was released, showing that in the year of 2022, China's overseas investment reached 47,000 enterprises, contributing USD 75 billion in taxes and achieving USD 3.5 trillion in sales revenue.
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, the General Office of China’s State Council issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Scale Stabilization and Structure Optimization of Foreign Trade" )to ensure the realization of the import and export objectives as well as to stabilize China’s economic growth and employment.
Mon, 16 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2022, China’s legislature adopted the “Amendment to the Foreign Trade Law”, which deleted relevant provisions on the registration of foreign trade operators. This means that Chinese companies do not need to obtain special qualifications to engage in import and export business.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Export Control Law (ECL) came into effect on 1 Dec. 2020. As it has been almost two years since its implementation, it’s time for us to glimpse how China enforces the ECL.
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
You are entitled to claim compensation for loss and the agreed liquidated damages, and may under some circumstances receive a punitive damages award.
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
As long as you are ‘directly affected’ pursuant to Chinese law, you may file a lawsuit with the court.