2026-09-25
On 22 September 2026 the State Administration for Market Regulation released a draft revision of the Outbound Antitrust Compliance Guidelines for public comment, with feedback due by 29 September...
Foreign Litigation / 涉外诉讼, International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-09-10
On 9 September 2026 the Supreme People's Court (SPC) convened the fifth seminar of its International Commercial Expert Committee in Shanghai, announcing the addition of new international commercial mediation...
2026-08-28
On 20 August 2026 the Supreme People's Court issued the Decision Amending the Judicial Interpretation on Copyright Civil Disputes (Fa Shi No. 18), effective 1 September 2026. ...
2026-08-28
Trade secrets now expressly cover "data" and "algorithms": the 2026 Rules bring source code, models and customer datasets inside protection. 商业秘密现已明确涵盖"数据"与"算法"：源代码、模型与客户数据集被纳入保护范围。The 2026 Trade Secret Protection Rules (SAMR Order...
2026-08-28
Foreign-owned works enjoy national treatment in China: a work by a foreign or stateless author is protected under the Copyright Law if the author's home country or habitual residence...
2026-08-28
On 12 August 2026 the Supreme People's Court released seven typical cases on commercial franchising (jia meng lian suo), clarifying how courts characterise franchise relationships, protect franchisees and sanction...
2026-08-28
China is a party to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and in 2024 Chinese courts concluded 42 applications to recognize/enforce...
2026-08-28
The Civil Procedure Law's foreign-related chapter was substantially amended (in force from 1 January 2024), reshaping jurisdiction, cross-border service, evidence-taking and recognition/enforcement of foreign judgments. 《民事诉讼法》涉外编经重大修订（2024年1月1日起施行），重塑了管辖、跨境送达、调查取证及外国判决承认与执行。Foreign companies can...
2026-08-28
From 1 July 2026, Jiangxi's "Implementation Rules for Trade-Policy Compliance" (23 articles) took effect. 自2026年7月1日起，《江西省贸易政策合规工作实施细则》（共23条）正式施行。The rules are the first to bring FDI-related policies into the compliance-assessment scope (goods,...
2026-08-28
China offers two main routes for foreign-related disputes—litigation in Chinese courts and arbitration—and the choice shapes where, in what language, and how a result is enforced across borders. ...