Law Digest

• State Administration for Market Regulation, Guidelines for Price Act Compliance in the Automotive Industry

  国家市场监督管理总局汽车行业价格行为合规指南

  SAMR prohibits below-cost pricing of automobiles / CLP Reference: 4400/26.02.11 ; Promulgated: 2026-02-11 ; Effective: 2026-02-11

  February 27, 2026

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Measures for the Administration of the Recognition and Registration of Technology Contracts (Revised)

  工业和信息化部技术合同认定登记管理办法 (修订)

  MIIT allows for buyer registration of technology contracts with a parties’ consensus / CLP Reference: 2220/26.01.23 ; Issued: 2026-01-23 ;Effective: 2026-03-01

  February 27, 2026

• Supreme People’s Court, Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in the Trial of Patent Infringement Dispute Cases (3) (Draft for Comments)

  最高人民法院关于审理侵犯专利权纠纷案件应用法律若干问题的解释 (三) (征求意见稿)

  In a dispute case involving infringement of a utility model or design patent, the people’s court may require the plaintiff to submit a patent assessment report / Issued: 2025-12-20

  February 16, 2026

• Cyberspace Administration of China and Seven Other Ministries/Commissions, Measures for the Classification of Online Information That Could Affect the Physical and Mental Health of Minors

  国家互联网信息办公室等八部委可能影响未成年人身心健康的网络信息分类办法

  CAC prohibits AI and algorithmic data that could harm the physical or mental health of minors / Promulgated: 2026-12-26 ; Effective: 2026-03-01

  February 16, 2026

• Supreme People’s Court, Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Mineral Resource Dispute Cases

  最高人民法院关于审理矿产资源纠纷案件适用法律若干问题解释

  SPC addresses mining infringement issues / Promulgated: 2026-01-19 ; Effective: 2026-02-01

  February 03, 2026

• State Administration for Market Regulation and Cyberspace Administration of China, Measures for the Oversight of the Rules of Online Trading Platforms

  国家市场监督管理总局、国家互联网信息办公室网络交易平台规则监督管理办法

  An online trading platform operator may not use its platform rules to compel platform merchants to bear after-sales responsibilities / Promulgated: 2025-12-18 ; Effective: 2026-02-01

  February 03, 2026

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Provisions for the Collection and Use of Personal Information by Internet Applications (Draft for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室互联网应用程序个人信息收集使用规定 (征求意见稿)

  CAC requires entity responsibilities for personal data collection by apps / Issued: 2026-01-10

  January 23, 2026

• PRC Foreign Trade Law (2nd Amendment)

  中华人民共和国对外贸易法 (第二次修订)

  Investors may be prohibited from international trading if PRC interests are jeopardized / CLP Reference: 5800/25.12.27 ; Promulgated: 2025-12-27 ; Effective: 2026-03-01

  January 16, 2026

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Tentative Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interaction Services Using Artificial Intelligence (Draft for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室人工智能拟人化互动服务管理暂行办法 (征求意见稿)

  AI anthropomorphic interaction services may require a security assessment / Issued: 2025-12-27

  January 16, 2026

• National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Catalogue of Encouraged Foreign Investment in Industry (2025 Edition)

  国家发展和改革委员会、商务部鼓励外商投资产业目录 (2025年版)

  Foreign investment catalogue is expanded to include AI projects / CLP Reference: 233015.12.15 ; Promulgated: 2025-12-15 ; Effective: 2026-02-01

  January 16, 2026