Ministry of Justice, Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information in the Course of Administrative Permission Procedures (Draft for Comments)

司法部关于强化行政许可过程中商业秘密和保密商务信息保护的指导意见(征求意见稿)

September 04, 2020 | BY

Susan Mok

Applicants for administrative permission are required to expressly indicate the key confidentiality points

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Issued: August 14, 2020

Main contents: When an applicant submits application materials to the administrative permission authority, it shall expressly indicate the key confidentiality points, and may not indiscriminately consider all the materials as trade secrets or confidential business information (Article 3).

Where the public matters in an applicant's application disclosed in a government information disclosure involve trade secrets or confidential business information, the administrative permission authority has