2026-08-28
The Decision amending the Cybersecurity Law was adopted on 28 October 2025 and takes effect on 1 January 2026, with 14 amendments and a reissued text. 修改《网络安全法》的决定于2025年10月28日通过、2026年1月1日起施行，共14项修改并重新公布。A new...
2026-08-28
China's Network Data Security Regulation (State Council Order 790) took effect on 1 January 2025, turning the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and PIPL into operational, enforceable obligations for...
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
Since the 2023 amendment to the Civil Procedure Law (in force 1 January 2024), Chinese courts may take jurisdiction over foreign-related disputes with "other proper connections" to China beyond...
2026-08-28
On 20 August 2026 the Fujian Higher People's Court announced that, with approval of the Supreme People's Court, first-instance foreign-related, Hong Kong-, Macao- and Taiwan-related commercial cases from six...
Foreign Litigation / 涉外诉讼, International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
From 1 January 2024 the amended Civil Procedure Law widens Chinese courts' reach over foreign-related civil and commercial disputes, adding an "other appropriate connection" catch-all. 自2024年1月1日起施行的修改后民事诉讼法扩张了人民法院对涉外民商事案件的管辖范围，并新增"其他适当联系"兜底规则。Article 277 lets...
International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
China's Arbitration Law has been comprehensively revised for the first time since 1994: the new law was passed on 12 September 2025, promulgated by Presidential Order No. 54, and...
2026-08-28
In 2026 the national foreign investment negative list stays at 29 items, but regulators have committed to "timely reduction", with services as the priority and telecom, internet, education, culture...
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
The 2026 "Stabilizing Foreign Investment" plan expands services-sector opening pilots to vocational training, vocational colleges and high-level STEM universities. 2026年"固稳促优"方案将服务业开放试点扩大至职业技能培训、职业院校与高水平理工农医类大学。The Beijing Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Service Sector...