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ArticleChina: Emergency Response Law Revised to Enhance Information Reporting, Rights Protection, and Resource Management On November 1, 2024, the revised Emergency Response Law of the People’s Republic of China took effect. The law was originally enacted in 2007 and revised by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on June 28, 2024.The revision to the Emergency Response Law was prompted by new challenges that have arisen in recent … Continue reading “China: Emergency Response Law Revised to…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-10-31
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ArticleChina: National Legislature Adopts Decision to Gradually Raise Retirement Ages On September 13, 2024, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPCSC) adopted the Decision on Gradually Raising the Statutory Retirement Ages (Decision) (English translation available here). Over a 15-year period beginning January 1, 2025, the retirement age for men in China will be raised from 60 to 63; for women, it will rise … Continue reading “China: National Legislature Adopts Decision to…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-10-17
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ArticleChina: New Tariff Law Enacted On April 26, 2024, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) passed the Tariff Law of the People’s Republic of China (Tariff Law), which will take effect on December 1, 2024. It comprises seven chapters and 72 articles, covering General Provisions, Tariff Categories and Rates, Taxable Amounts, Tax Incentives and Special Cases, … Continue reading “China: New Tariff Law Enacted”
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-10-10
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ArticleChina: New Company Regulations Issued to Strengthen Corporate Governance and Capital Registration On July 1, 2024, China’s State Council issued the Regulations on the Implementation of the Registered Capital Registration Management System of the Company Law (the Regulations), which implement parts of the country’s newly revised Company Law that came into effect the same day.Under the previous Company Law in China, firms could subscribe to registered capital … Continue reading “China: New Company Regulations Issued to…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-10-06
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ArticleChina: Rules on Filing of Beneficial Ownership Information Issued On April 29, 2024, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly issued the Administrative Measures for Beneficial Ownership Information. Taking effect on November 1, 2024, the measures will require “filing entities”—companies, partnership enterprises, branches of foreign companies, and “other entities specified by the PBOC and SAMR”—to file … Continue reading “China: Rules on Filing of Beneficial…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-05-21
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ArticleChina: New Rules on Cross-Border Data Transfers Released On March 22, 2024, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) released the Provisions on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flow. Effective immediately, the new provisions ease the requirements for outbound cross-border data transfers provided by previous CAC rules, especially the Measures of Security Assessment for Outbound Data Transfer issued on July 7, 2022 (2022 Measures) … Continue reading “China: New Rules on Cross-Border Data…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-05-13
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ArticleUnited States: Appeals Court Rules on Chinese Manufacturers’ Challenge to FCC Order Implementing Secure Equipment Act On April 2, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a portion of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that placed the petitioners’ equipment on a covered list of products that could not be purchased with federal subsidies administered by the FCC. However, the court vacated portions of the … Continue reading “United States: Appeals Court Rules on…
- Contributor: Friedman, Sarah
- Date: 2024-04-16
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ArticleChina: Foreign Law Ascertainment Rules Enter into Effect On January 1, 2024, a judicial interpretation issued by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) concerning the application of China’s Law on the Application of Laws to Foreign Related Civil Relations (Law on Application of Laws, English translation) entered into effect. The interpretation provides rules of foreign-law ascertainment … Continue reading “China: Foreign Law Ascertainment Rules…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2024-01-24
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ArticleChina: Revised Law Makes Administrative Review the Major Means of Resolving Private-Public Disputes On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the country’s major legislature, enacted a revised version of the Administrative Review Law, which was last amended in 2017. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2024. This comprehensive revision doubles the number of … Continue reading “China: Revised Law Makes Administrative Review…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-10-30
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ArticleChina: Counterespionage Law Revised On April 26, 2023, the revised Counterespionage Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the country’s major legislature, and became effective on July 1. Compared with the previous version, effective since the end of 2014, the new version enlarges the government’s authority to … Continue reading “China: Counterespionage Law Revised”
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-09-21
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ArticleChina: Provincial Court Rules Regulated Psychoactive Substances Are Not Necessarily Illicit Drugs On May 10, 2023, the High People’s Court of Hubei Province overturned a lower court’s conviction of Zhang Zhengbo, a drug developer and seller, for “smuggling, selling, transporting, and manufacturing illicit drugs” under article 347 of the Criminal Code of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The High Court ruled that a psychoactive drug included … Continue reading “China: Provincial Court Rules Regulated Psychoactive…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-09-06
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ArticleChina: Regulation Issued for Consular Protection and Assistance On July 13, 2023, the State Council of China issued the Regulation on Consular Protection and Assistance, which will take effect on September 1, 2023. The regulation consists of 27 articles, mainly specifying the responsibilities of various parties (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), diplomatic institutions abroad, relevant departments of the State Council, and local … Continue reading “China: Regulation Issued for Consular Protection…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-08-29
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ArticleChina: Government Issues First Regulation on Private Investment Funds On July 3, 2023, the State Council of China issued the Regulation on the Supervision and Administration of Private Investment Funds (referred to as the “Private Fund Regulation”). The regulation will take effect on September 1, 2023. The introduction of the regulation fills a significant gap in the regulatory framework for private funds and, along … Continue reading “China: Government Issues First Regulation on…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-08-06
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ArticleChina: Generative AI Measures Finalized On July 10, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), joined by six other central government regulators, issued finalized measures aimed at regulating the provision of generative AI services, such as ChatGPT, to the public of mainland China. (Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services.) Previously, in April, the CAC released … Continue reading “China: Generative AI Measures Finalized”
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-07-18
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ArticleChina: Cyberspace Authority Releases Draft Measures Regulating Generative Artificial Intelligence On April 11, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released draft measures to regulate the provision of generative artificial intelligence (AI) services — for example, ChatGPT — to solicit comments from the public on the proposed measures. The Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (Draft for Comment) (unofficial English translation) aim … Continue reading “China: Cyberspace Authority Releases Draft Measures…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-07-04
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ArticleChina: New Rules Expressly Ban Online E-cigarette Advertising On May 1, 2023, China’s Administrative Measures for Online Advertising (Measures) took effect, which expressly ban publishing online e-cigarette advertisements in the country. (Measures art. 6.) The measures were issued by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on February 25, 2023. The previous Interim Administrative Measures for Online Advertising, which had been regulating online advertising … Continue reading “China: New Rules Expressly Ban Online…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-06-04
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ArticleDenmark: Parliament Advises Members against TikTok Use In a press release on February 28, 2023, the Danish Parliament Presidium, consisting of the speaker of the parliament and four deputies, announced that it had decided to strongly recommend that members and staff delete the Chinese social media platform TikTok from devices issued by parliament.The decision followed guidance issued by the Danish Centre for … Continue reading “Denmark: Parliament Advises Members against TikTok…
- Contributor: Hofverberg, Elin
- Date: 2023-05-31
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ArticleChina: New Provisions Allow Foreign Universities to Establish STEM Schools in Hainan without Chinese Partners On March 22, 2023, China’s Ministry of Education and the government of Hainan Province jointly issued the Interim Provisions on the Establishment of Educational Institutions by Overseas Higher Education Institutions in the Hainan Free Trade Port (Hainan FTP). Effective immediately, the new provisions allow overseas higher education institutions to set up “independent” schools, including campuses … Continue reading “China: New Provisions Allow Foreign Universities…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-05-24
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ArticleChina: Legislation Law Codifies New ‘Flexible’ Local Regulations On March 13, 2023, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted the amendments to the Legislation Law (full text of the 2023 amended law). The amendments took effect on March 15, 2023. The Chinese Legislation Law is a Constitution-related law governing legislative and regulation-making activities and the formulation of subnational regulations and rules. This was the … Continue reading “China: Legislation Law Codifies New ‘Flexible’…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-05-09
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ArticleChina: Provisions on Deep Synthesis Technology Enter into Effect On January 10, 2023, China’s Administrative Provisions on Deep Synthesis in Internet-Based Information Services (Deep Synthesis Provisions) entered into effect. The deep synthesis provisions were jointly issued by three central government regulators — the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) — on November … Continue reading “China: Provisions on Deep Synthesis Technology…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-04-25
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ArticleUnited States: Appeals Court Affirms District Court Ruling That Warrantless Searches of Defendant’s Electronic Devices Fell within Border Search Exception to Fourth Amendment On January 9, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an opinion in United States v. Qin that affirmed Qin’s federal convictions for conspiracy to commit export violations, visa fraud, making false statements to federal agents, money laundering, and smuggling. (United States v. Qin, No. 21-1832 (1st Cir. 2023).) The … Continue reading “United States: Appeals Court Affirms District…
- Contributor: Osborne, Elizabeth
- Date: 2023-02-05
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ArticleChina: New Law Takes Effect to Combat Telecom and Online Fraud On September 2, 2022, China passed the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law (unofficial English translation), which came into effect on December 1, 2022. The law was enacted to tackle crimes of telecom and online fraud, which have grown rampant in China over recent years. In 2021, Chinese police authorities were reported to have resolved over … Continue reading “China: New Law Takes Effect to…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-01-31
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ArticleChina: Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests Revised On October 30, 2022, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s highest legislative body, approved a revision of the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests (unofficial English translation). The new law took effect on January 1, 2023. Before this current comprehensive revision, the law had been amended in 2005 and … Continue reading “China: Law on the Protection of…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-01-12
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ArticleChina: Management of COVID-19 Downgraded Effective January 8, 2023, the preventive and control measures for the top Class A infectious diseases under Chinese law will no longer apply to COVID-19, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced on December 26, 2022. Previously, on January 20, 2020, the NHC had announced that the State Council had approved listing COVID-19, then called “novel … Continue reading “China: Management of COVID-19 Downgraded”
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2023-01-06
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ArticleChina: Measures of Security Assessment for Cross-Border Data Transfer Take Effect The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), China’s cybersecurity authority, released the Measures of Security Assessment for Data Export (unofficial English translation) on July 7, 2022. The measures provide detailed guidance on the security assessment for cross-border data transfer, which supplements the requirements under the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China, Data Security Law … Continue reading “China: Measures of Security Assessment for…
- Contributor: Zhang, Laney
- Date: 2022-12-12