Export controls and the unreliable-entity list: a screening guide for foreign buyers in China
The Regulation of the People's Republic of China on...Export controls and the unreliable-entity list: a screening guide for foreign buyers in China - Read more
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Nanning’s Seven Measures for Foreign-Invested Enterprise Registration: Convenience Plus Compliance
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2026-08-28
The first strategic decision is the trade model (domestic stock vs. CBEC bonded vs. CBEC direct mail), not the platform, because the model determines the licence, label, and tax...
2026-08-28
Cross-border e-commerce retail import into China is governed primarily by two customs supervision modes: bonded stock (code 1210) and direct purchase import (code 9610).中国跨境电商零售进口主要适用两种海关监管方式：保税备货（代码 1210）与直购进口（9610）。 The GACC Notice No. 486...
2026-08-28
Cross-border e-commerce retail imports are regulated as "personal self-use inbound articles," not general trade — meaning no first-import licence, registration, or filing is required for list goods, but the...
2026-08-28
China's cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) runs on a nationwide network of Comprehensive Pilot Zones — now 175-plus covering all provinces — and a positive-list regime that defines which goods may...
E-commerce Entry / 电商入华, Policy Updates / 政策动态
2026-08-28
China's first dedicated livestream e-commerce regulation — SAMR and CAC Order No. 117, published on 18 December 2025 — takes effect on 1 February 2026. 中国首部直播电商领域专门规章——市场监管总局、国家网信办令第117号，2025年12月18日公布——自2026年2月1日起施行。The Measures divide...
2026-08-28
The 2026 action plan supports FTZs and service-opening pilot cities in exploring scenario-based, field-level data-export negative lists. 2026年行动方案支持自贸区、服务业扩大开放试点城市在更多领域制定场景化、字段级数据出境负面清单。National standards for "important data" identification catalogs will be promoted for...
2026-08-28
Under PIPL (in force 1 Nov 2021), personal information may leave China only through one of three mechanisms: a CAC security assessment, a standard contract (SCC), or certification. ...
2026-08-28
In August 2026 Guangzhou, Shenzhen and the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin were selected as the first batch of national pilot zones for international cooperation in the data...
2026-08-28
China's free-trade-zone (FTZ) data-export negative-list mechanism is moving from policy design to live, enforceable cases. 自贸试验区数据出境负面清单机制正从制度设计走向可落地的实际案例。Beijing, Hengqin (Guangdong), Chongqing and Nansha (Guangzhou) have each recorded its first negative-list data-export...
2026-08-28
The CAC "Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows" (CAC Decree No. 16, 22 March 2024) let free-trade zones formulate their own data-export negative lists under the national...