2026-08-28
Cross-border transfers of employee personal information are exempt from the security-assessment, standard-contract and certification routes where they implement cross-border HR management under a duly adopted labour rule or collective...
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 revised PRC Arbitration Law, effective 1 March 2026, for the first time codifies the "seat of arbitration" (Article 81), determining the applicable procedural law and supervisory court. ...
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...
International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
The Supreme People's Court's International Commercial Court (CICC, 国际商事法庭) provides first- and second-instance adjudication of foreign-related commercial disputes and centralized recognition of foreign judgments and awards. 最高人民法院国际商事法庭（CICC）集中审理涉外民商事一审、二审案件，并集中受理外国判决与裁决的承认案件。The revised...
2026-08-28
The revised Foreign Trade Law, which took effect on 1 March 2026, is the first law to codify a cross-border services trade negative list at the national level, placing...
2026-08-28
China's unified market-access negative list was cut to 106 items in the 2025 edition, down from 117 in 2022, extending the "national single list" model and enforcing the "non-prohibited-is-open"...
2026-08-28
Hunan has issued a comprehensive FTZ upgrade plan built around six core tasks to advance institutional opening. 湖南已发布以六大核心任务为支撑、推进制度型开放的自贸试验区全面提升方案。The plan sets 2030 targets across four designated zones covering industry, China–Africa,...
2026-08-28
China is implementing the "FTC upgrading strategy"; Hunan published its implementation plan on 4 August 2026 with targets to 2030.中国正实施「自贸试验区提升战略」；湖南于 2026 年 8 月 4 日发布实施方案，目标至 2030 年。The plans...
2026-08-28
The 2025 edition of the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment added a net 205 encouraged items, focusing on advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech and energy conservation. ...