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In 2025, China's antitrust landscape continued to evolve with greater sophistication across legislation, merger control, administrative enforcement, and litigation. Here, Huang Wei, Zhu Fan, Gao Chang and Chen Kexin of Tian Yuan Law Firm give an overview of the major developments and key takeaways
March 31, 2026
Wenpei Yu and Yunsi Hu of Lifeng Partners examine the many areas of development in the field of the protection of personal information during 2025
March 20, 2026
Danae Wu, IP counsel at Fangda Partners, examines a set of provisions intended to improve protection for IP belonging to Chinese enterprises
March 19, 2026
Casper Sek and Alan Zhang of Jingtian & Gongcheng examine China’s AI regulatory developments in 2025 and offer forward-looking observations on anticipated governance trends for the rest of 2026
March 06, 2026
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Announcement on Further Improving the System for the Delegated Review of Concentrations of Business Operators
市场监管总局关于进一步完善经营者集中委托审查制度的公告
SAMR delegates certain antitrust reviews to local market regulators / CLP Reference: 5000/26.03.19 ; Issued: 2026-03-19 ; Effective: 2026-08-01
Q&A on Policies for Administration of the Security of Overseas Data Transfers (October 2025)
数据出境安全管理政策问答 (2025年10月)
CAC issues an Q&A to clarify exemptions of data transfer requirements. CLP Reference: 5600/25.10.31 ; Issued: 2025-10-31
Announcement on Continuing Implementation of Enterprise Income Tax and Value-Added Tax Policies for Foreign Institutions That Invest in the Domestic Bond Market
关于延续实施境外机构投资境内债券市场企业所得税、增值税政策的公告
Tax exemption for foreign bond investors continues.
PRC Cybersecurity Law (Revised)
中华人民共和国网络安全法 (修正)
Cybersecurity Law is revised to enhance protection of personal data / CLP Reference: 5600/25.10.28 ; Promulgated: 2025-10-28 ; Effective: 2026-01-01
Measures for the Certification of the Overseas Transfer of Personal Information
个人信息出境认证办法
Specific details on certification of oversea transfers of personal data are set forth / CLP Reference: 5600/25.10.14 ; Promulgated: 2025-10-14 ; Effective: 2026-01-01
Law Digests More Law Digests
Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in the Handling of Criminal Embezzlement and Bribery Cases
最高人民法院 最高人民检察院关于办理贪污贿赂刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释 (二)
SPC interpretation targets intermediaries in bribery acts / CLP Reference: 1430/26.04.10 ; Promulgated: 2026-04-10 ; Effective: 2026-05-01
State Council , Provisions on the Security of Industrial and Supply Chains
国务院关于产业链供应链安全的规定
State Council departments may impose trade restrictions on foreign organizations that take restrictive supply chain measures against China / Promulgated: 2026-03-31 ; Effective: 2026-03-31
Cyberspace Administration of China, Provisions for Simplified Measures for the Protection of Personal Information by Small-Scale Personal Information Handlers (Draft for Comments)
国家互联网信息办公室小型个人信息处理者个人信息保护简化措施规定 (征求意见稿)
Processing of personal information of less than 100,000 persons may apply public notification.
State Administration for Market Regulation, Measures for the Administration of Product Barcodes (Revised)
国家市场监督管理总局商品条码管理办法 (修正)
Use of overseas registered product barcodes require record filing / CLP Reference: 5400/26.02.28 ; Promulgated: 2026-02-28 ; Effective: 2026-05-01
People’s Bank of China and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Measures for the Administration of the Extension of Loans Overseas by Domestic Enterprises
中国人民银行、国家外汇管理局境内企业境外放款管理办法
Chinese companies may extend offshore loans to overseas companies with shareholding relationships only / CLP Reference: 3600/26.03.12 ; Issued: 2026-03-13 ; Effective: 2026-04-20