Features & Analyses

• China’s New Regulation on Outbound Investment: What Has Changed from the Existing ODI Regime?

  Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Cathy (Yian) Chen and Ke Dong of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyse China’s newly promulgated State Council Regulation on Outbound Investment. This article unpacks how the Regulation reinforces and expands the pre-existing outbound direct investment governance framework, broadens the regulatory perimeter governing cross-border outbound investment activities, and outlines critical compliance ramifications for Chinese enterprises undertaking overseas investment transactions

  July 06, 2026

  

• Data Portability, User Authorization and Competition: A Commentary on Guiding Case No. 263

  Jun Luo, a Ph.D. Candidate in Intellectual Property Law at Tongji University Law School, examines a key Supreme People’s Court case from a data law perspective, analyzing its implications for data rights, platform responsibilities, user autonomy, and the evolving interface between data regulation and competition law in China

  June 26, 2026

  

• China's Personal Information Protection Compliance Audit Regime in a Nutshell

  Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng examines the development of China’s personal information protection compliance audit framework, in light of new and imminent further changes in this important area

  June 15, 2026

  

• What Financial Institutions Need to Know About China’s Recent Enforcement Measures on the Operation of Securities Business in the Mainland

  Jianwei (Jerry) Fang and Rui Yang of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyze the implications of China’s new rules targeting the illegal operation of securities business in the Mainland by offshore institutions and their onshore affiliates, intermediaries and internet platforms, and offer practical guidance for foreign financial institutions to cope with recent enforcement trends

  June 02, 2026

  

• Navigating China’s New Regulations on Countering Unlawful Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: Key Rules and Practical Takeaways

  Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Peng Zhang, Haoyi Sun, Jiaying (Kate) Jiang and Chen (Cissy) Chen of Zhong Lun Law Firm examine and analyze China’s Regulations on Countering Unlawful Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, outlining the legislative purpose, broader policy context, and key provisions, and offering practical guidance for companies engaged in cross-border operations

  May 08, 2026

  

• Untangling the Gordian Knot in the Age of US and Chinese Innovation and Competition: 2025 Year in Review of US Policy Impacting China

  In 2025, there was continuity and change in U.S. policy that impacted both Chinese and APAC investment into the U.S., and U.S. investment into China. For the investment community, a key question has become how to navigate the U.S. regulatory environment while maximizing business opportunities in the two jurisdictions. A U.S. corporate and regulatory lawyer at a U.S. firm helps make sense of the developments

  April 02, 2026

  

• 2025 Annual Review of US Litigation Involving Chinese Companies

  Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Haoyi Sun, Junda He and Yi Dai of Zhong Lun Law Firm examine and discuss the key types, trends, and observations in U.S. litigation involving Chinese enterprises in 2025

  March 31, 2026

  

• 2025 Annual Review of China’s Medical and Healthcare Industry: Legal and Regulatory Developments

  Xiangxiang Ma of Anjie Broad Law Firm explores the key legal and regulatory developments affecting China’s vital healthcare sector in 2025

  March 31, 2026

  

• Clarity, Expansion, and Vigilance: 2025 China Antitrust Year in Review

  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

  

• Annual Review of Developments in Personal Information Protection in China

  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