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.
VAT regulation draft specifies scope of zero tax rate for exports. New guidelines define what constitutes a medical advertisement. National data security standard specifies when identity information of minors is not required.
Dumping goods at below cost price will be prohibited / Issued: 2025-07-24
A low-threshold version of fund pool policy is applied in China nationwide for multinationals / Issued: 2025-07-25
Eric (Ye) Zou of Merits & Tree Law Offices gives an overview of the core elements and key significance of a new pilot scheme which maps out a new way for foreign investors to access China’s flourishing financial markets
The first commercial AI application case in Zhejiang province defines legal limits on generative tools; CFIUS blocked more transactions last year than in previous years amid rising China tensions; and Fintech companies rush to raise equity for stablecoin activity in Hong Kong.
Hainan offers asset management investment scheme similar to QFII / Issued: 2025-07-21 ; Effective: 2025-07-21
A representative office of a foreign enterprise may be a party to a labor dispute case. A low-threshold version of fund pool policy is applied in China nationwide for multinationals. Record filing is required for online pharmaceutical and medical device information services
In the first part of a series of articles, Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Ke Dong, and Haoyi Sun of Zhong Lun Law Firm outline the general jurisdiction rules governing foreign-related civil litigation in China under the 2024 Civil Procedure Law, and explain the statutory framework, key jurisdictional bases, and procedural considerations that foreign companies and in-house counsel need to understand when facing potential lawsuits in Chinese courts
