2026-08-28
Foreign individuals who are tax residents may choose between standard special additional deductions and the housing, language-training and children-education allowances (non-taxable) — but not both — under the延续 policy...
2026-08-28
The Cybersecurity Review regime applies whenever a Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) operator procures network products or services that may affect national security — and foreign-invested enterprises supplying those products...
2026-08-28
China mandates a data classification and grading (数据分类分级) baseline; the national standard GB/T 43697-2024 took effect on 1 October 2024. 中国确立了数据分类分级基线制度，国家标准GB/T 43697-2024于2024年10月1日施行。The Network Data Security Management Regulations (State...
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...
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...
2026-08-28
The security assessment is the highest-threshold of China's three data-export routes and is mandatory when a Critical Information Infrastructure Operator (CIIO) exports personal information, or when any processor exports...
2026-08-28
The standard contract is the second of PIPL's three export routes: sign with the overseas recipient, then file with the provincial cyberspace administration. 标准合同是《个保法》三条出境路径中的第二条：与境外接收方签约，再向省级网信部门备案。Eligibility is fixed by volume...
2026-08-28
The Personal Information Protection Law gives three cross-border paths — security assessment, standard contract, and certification — all now operable after the 2026 Certification Measures took effect on 1...
2026-08-28
The Supreme People's Court's 2025 opinion on the International Commercial Court (CICC) upgrades foreign-related adjudication: model jurisdiction clauses, pre-trial conferences and standardised bilingual procedures.最高人民法院2025年《国际商事法庭高质量发展意见》升级涉外审判：管辖示范条款、审前会议与标准化中英双语程序。China is building a cross-border legal-service...
International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
The "seat" (legal place) of arbitration, not the hearing venue, determines which courts supervise the proceedings and where awards are enforced — choosing it is one of the most...