In the News: Supply Chain Security; Corrupt Middlemen Crackdown; and Italy Limits Sinochem’s Control at Pirelli

China’s new supply chain regulation deems supply chain matters as national security issue | Supreme People’s Court releases guidance on tackling corrupt middlemen through criminal law | Italian FDI rules applied to impose governance curbs on Chinese shareholder out of critical technology concerns

By Jeffrey Tse

In the News: Supply Chain Security; Corrupt Middlemen Crackdown; and Italy Limits Sinochem’s Control at Pirelli

China’s Supply Chain Security Regulation Comes Into Force

China has passed and enacted a regulation on supply chain security that deems protecting the nation’s supply chains as a national security issue.

The law came into force on March 31, 2026, the day it was passed, but its contents were only released on April 7.

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