Features & Analyses

  • China's national security review regime has largely flown under the radar since it was introduced in 2011. But a recent case involving a foreign-invested supermarket chain, the first since a revamp of the regime's regulatory structure elevated the role of China's powerful central planning agency, has put national security in the spotlight once again.

    October 11, 2019
  • Bad loans in China's banking system have increased in the second quarter of this year even as the government tries to avert a possible debt crisis among the country's smaller banks

    October 09, 2019
  • Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examines the Supreme People's Court decisions in the long-running Wanglaoji trademark litigation, and finds the court taking a pragmatic approach to the high-profile cases

    September 25, 2019
  • Set to be fully implemented in 2020, China's corporate social credit system will monitor all aspects of a company's operations and seek to shape their behavior through blacklistings and joint punishments. Lawyers and experts alike suggest foreign companies take advantage of the system when conducting due diligence and localize their compliance programs.

    September 20, 2019
  • Bangwei Xu of Jingtian & Gongcheng analyzes the influence of a significant recent judicial interpretation on the protection of creditors' rights in China

    September 18, 2019
  • Wilson Wei Huo, a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm, explores the application of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy in the context of court-ordered interim measures in aid of arbitral proceedings.

    September 09, 2019