2026-08-28
At the 17 August 2026 press conference marking China's Doctors' Day, Guangdong's health commission reported that visits by foreign patients at the 25 pilot international-medical-service hospitals grew 95.6% year...
2026-08-28
From 20 August 2026, nationals of Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam can use China's 240-hour visa-free transit policy and Hainan's 30-day visa-free entry policy, raising the eligible country counts to 57...
2026-08-28
A port visa (口岸签证) lets a foreign business visitor obtain an M visa on arrival at a designated Chinese port, when invited by a verified local entity. 口岸签证允许受邀的外籍商务人士在指定对外开放口岸落地办理M字签证。The...
2026-08-28
On 7 August 2025, the State Council issued Order No. 814 adding a new "K" visa to China's ordinary-visa catalogue, expressly for incoming foreign young science-and-technology talent; it takes...
2026-08-28
On 23 July 2026 the State Council promulgated the revised Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs (State Council Order No. 842), the first systematic revision in...
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
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
China's Trademark Law has been fully revised for the first time since 1983, adopted on 26 June 2026 (Presidential Order No. 77) and effective 1 January 2027. 中国《商标法》自1983年施行以来首次全面修订，于2026年6月26日修订通过（主席令第七十七号），自2027年1月1日起施行。The...
2026-08-28
CNIPA Order No. 85, the new Measures for the Administration of Prioritized Patent Examination, was promulgated on 28 July 2026 and takes effect on 1 September 2026, repealing the...
2026-08-28
China acceded to the Hague Agreement (1999 Act) on 5 February 2022 and it took effect on 5 May 2022, giving foreign and Chinese applicants one filing route to...