The latest landmark AI unfair competition cases involve trade secrets | Eight departments ban unapproved offshore issuance of renminbi-pegged stablecoins to protect monetary sovereignty | The overtaking by Chongqing of Liaoning in GDP terms reflects a greater North-South economic divide.
Patrick Gu and Lin Zang of Llinks Law Offices offer a practical analysis of the practical implications of a new set of Guidelines on the use of non-compete clauses
New rules set forth economic compensation for complying with non-compete restrictions / CLP Reference: 2400/25.09.04 ; Issued: 2025-09-04 ; Effective: 2025-09-04
U.S. pharma raises alarm over Trump’s proposed measures against Chinese drugs; China clarifies the type of employees to be bound by non-compete clauses; and Some stablecoin issuers complain that Hong Kong’s regime is too stringent.
Agreements avoiding payment of social insurance premiums are not valid / Promulgated: 2025-07-31 ; Effective: 2025-09-01
Qiong Wu, Yuxiang Liu, Qingqing Chen and Xiaoyi Zhuang of Haiwen & Partners provide essential insights into an essential new judicial interpretation concerning labor dispute cases, including a comparison with the current rules and judicial practice and implications for compliance and risk management practices
Court interpretation of rules governing mandatory social insurance payments causes backlash; Proposed changes to implementation of China’s VAT regime aim to clarify gray areas; and Arkansas joins push to divest pension funds from China.
Foreign expat insurance procedures are revised to align with Convention acceded to by China / CLP Reference: 2300/24.12.23 ; Promulgated: 2024-12-23 ; Effective: 2024-12-23
EU to ban products and components involved in forced labor; EU plans to require tech transfers for Chinese companies to obtain subsidies; and Shanghai court’s opinion allows Chinese individuals to own cryptocurrency
Chinese developer sues Apple for removing its app from the App Store; CSRC requires increased shareholder returns to boost stock prices; and Foreigners are choosing to work remotely instead of moving to China
