Law Digest

• State Council, Provisions for Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes

  国务院关于涉外知识产权纠纷处理的规定

  State Council restricts provision of evidence outside of mainland China for IP cases / CLP Reference: 5100/25.03.13 ; Promulgated: 2025-03-13 ; Effective: 2025-05-01

  April 08, 2025

• National Financial Regulatory Administration, Circular on Matters Relevant to the Acquisition by Hong Kong and Macao Financial Institutions of Equity Stakes in Insurance Companies

  国家金融监督管理总局关于香港、澳门金融机构入股保险公司有关事项的通知

  Total asset requirement is relaxed for Hong Kong and Macao insurance company investments / CLP Reference: 3910/25.02.26 ; Issued: 2025-02-26 ; Effective: 2025-03-01

  April 08, 2025

• State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Operational Rules for Transactions Involving State-Owned Assets of Enterprises

  国务院国有资产委员会企业国有资产交易操作规则

  New rules are set forth for capital increases of state-owned enterprises / CLP Reference: 2300/25.02.18 ; Issued: 2025-02-18 ; Effective: 2025-02-18

  March 27, 2025

• Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Tentative Measures for the Enrolment in Social Insurance of Foreign Nationals Employed in China (Amended)

  人力资源和社会保障部在中国境内就业的外国人参加社会保险暂行办法 (修订)

  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

  March 17, 2025

• Shanghai Municipality, Several Measures to Support Regional Headquarters of Multinational Corporations in Upgrading Their Capabilities

  上海市支持跨国公司地区总部提升能级的若干措施

  China regional headquarters in Shanghai that are upgraded to Asia-Pacific regional headquarters will be offered financial incentives / CLP Reference: 2300/25.02.17 ; Promulgated: 2025-02-17 ; Effective: 2025-03-01—2030-02-28

  March 17, 2025

• State Council, Regulations for the Administration of Video and Image Information Systems for Public Security

  国务院公共安全视频图像信息系统管理条例

  Hotel rooms and restaurants are prohibited from installing image capturing equipment / CLP Reference: 5600/25.01.13 ; Promulgated: 2025-01-13 ; Effective: 2025-04-01

  March 17, 2025

• State Administration for Market Regulation, Tentative Measures for the Administration of the Submission of Online Trading Compliance Data (Draft for Comments)

  国家市场监督管理总局网络交易合规数据报送管理暂行办法 (征求意见稿)

  March 10, 2025

• National Financial Regulatory Administration, Measures for the Regulatory Rating of Insurance Companies

  国家金融监督管理总局保险公司监管评级办法

  Regulatory ratings of insurance companies include corporate governance, solvency, liability quality and asset quality / CLP Reference: 3910/25.01.07 ; Issued: 2025-01-07 ; Effective: 2025-03-01

  February 26, 2025

• General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Circular on Strengthening the Protection of the Security of Customer Data by Internet Data Centers

  工业和信息化部办公厅关于加强互联网数据中心客户数据安全保护的通知

  Data centers are required to safeguard the security of the customer’s own training datasets / Issued: 2025-01-13

  February 26, 2025

• China National Intellectual Property Administration, Administrative Reconsideration Rules

  国家知识产权局行政复议规程

  CNIPA may carry out mediation for IP administrative reconsideration / CLP Reference: 5100/24.12.30 ; Promulgated: 2024-12-30 ; Effective: 2025-02-01

  January 28, 2025