Features & Analyses

Jerry (Jianwei) Fang and Wenpei Yu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the important changes to updated Personal Information Security Specification and how it offers more protection to those who provide personal information for collection, and recommend actions companies should consider to ensure compliance under the new regulations

U.S.-China hostilities have been pretty one-sided so far, but China has vowed to retaliate starting with measures targeting U.S. companies

Unbundled consent, biometric data and personalized displays all feature in China's latest data protection specification

Alan Xu and Youran Wu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the various methods that foreign-invested enterprises in China can adopt to remit funds to cash-strapped shareholders or affiliates overseas during the coronavirus pandemic

China's Civil Law provides brand owners alternative avenue for IP protection

China's top court wants lower courts to facilitate continued performance of contracts as much as possible

Bao Zhi, Yibei Zhang, Grace Tso and Scott Silverman of Baker McKenzie and FenXun Partners discuss the workings of the Negative List regime and other administrative measures that impact market access for foreign investments in the light of China's push to provide foreign investors with a fairer and more transparent foreign investment environment

Bo Yan and Taoye Ye of Haiwen & Partners discuss CBIRC's amended rules governing the regulatory approvals of non-bank financial institutions, which lower the bar for foreign investment in national asset management companies

China's support for its businesses' force majeure claims is raising questions about enforcement of foreign arbitral awards