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Article 12 of the “Anti-unfair Competition Law” stipulates three types of internet unfair competition behaviors, which are traffic hijacking, malicious interference and malicious incompatibility. In addition, it also has a catch-all provision. Article 21 and 22 of the “Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Anti-unfair Competition Law” furtherly prescribes the determination of…

In 1985, China promulgated the “Regulations on Import and Export Duties”, which has undergone six revisions in nearly 40 years of implementation. In view that Article 11 of the “Legislation Law” stipulates that only laws can be formulated for the basic system of taxation, although the “Customs Law” stipulates duties, the specific duty rates and administrative management are mainly implemented…

With the development of the internet economy, there have been some new changes in behaviors that infringe on consumer rights and interests. In the traditional consumption market, problems such as false advertising, unfair format clauses, and infringement of prepaid consumption, are prominent. In the online consumption market, problems such as price discrimination, big data fraud, excessive collection of consumer’s personal…

On March 10, 2024, the State Council issued the “Decision of the State Council on Amending and Abolishing Some Administrative Regulations”, in which, the “Provisional Regulations on Enterprise Information Disclosure” (hereinafter referred to as the "New Regulations") has been partially revised. The key changes are as follows: To add the investigation right The New Regulation adds Article 16, which stipulates that…

The “Penalty Provisions for Fines for Work Safety Accidents (Trial)” (the “2015 version”) is published and implemented in July 2007, and revised in 2011 and 2015. Due to the revision of the “Law on Administrative Penalties” and the “Work Safety Law” in 2021, and the issuance of the “Opinions on Further Regulating the Formulation and Management of Administrative Discretionary Power…

Since the “Company Law” is adopted on December 29, 1993, it has undergone multiple revisions. On December 29, 2023, the 7th meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee voted to pass the newly revised “Company Law” (hereinafter referred to as the "2024 Company Law"), which will come into effect on July 1, 2024. The 2024 Company Law has…

Following the revision of the “Patent Law” in 2020 and China's application to join the “Hague Agreement on International Registration of Industrial Designs” of the World Intellectual Property Organization on February 5, 2022, in response to these changes, the State Council passed the revised draft of the “Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law” on December 11, 2023, which will be…

In recent years, the administrative function has gradually changed from pre-supervision to post-supervision in China. The administrative supervision regarding enterprise standardization is no exception. The “Measures for the Promotion of Enterprise Standardization” (hereinafter referred to as the “New Measures”) will come into force on 1 Jan. 2024, which will replace the “Administrative Measures on Enterprise Standardization”. The following is a…

Foreign personnel, foreign companies, and foreign-related businesses inevitably involve foreign public documents, such as identity certificates, subject qualification certificates, credit certificates, ownership certificates, etc. For a long time, any foreign public document which shall be submitted to the administrative or judicial departments in China, shall go through notarization and authentication procedures. Specifically, the document shall be notarized in the country…

On August 29, 2023, the SAMR issued the "Implementing Measures for the Administrative Provisions on the Registration of Enterprise Names" (hereinafter referred to as the "New Measures"), which revised the 2004 version and will come into effect on October 1. The main reason for this revision is that the upper-level law " Administrative Provisions on the Registration of Enterprise Names…