Legal

• Working Plan for Expanding the Pilot Project in the Domain of Wholly-Owned Hospitals

  独资医院领域扩大开放试点工作方案

  China allows wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine major places / CLP Reference: 1740/24.11.01 ; Issued: 2024-11-01

  January 06, 2025

• In the News: Anti-Unfair Competition Law; Pilot Funding Program Extended; and First Chinese Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction

  China’s amendments to competition law aimed at tackling unfair behavior online; Cross-border funding pilot program for multinationals extended to 10 provinces and cities; and Chinese court follows Munich courts in granting Huawei an anti-anti-suit injunction against Netgear

  January 03, 2025

  

• Tentative Provisions for the Administration of the Designation of a Domestic Responsible Person by Foreign Marketing Authorization Holders

  境外药品上市许可持有人指定境内责任人管理暂行规定

  Foreign marketing authorization holders are required to designate a domestic responsible person in China / CLP Reference: 2600/24.11.13 ; Issued: 2024-11-13 ; Effective: 2025-07-01

  December 24, 2024

• China’s New Antitrust Guidelines: Implications for Foreign Business and SEP Strategy

  Dongping Liu and Xin Luo of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyze a significant set of new guidelines which are vital for foreign enterprises with a patent portfolio in China

  December 24, 2024

  

• In the News: U.S. AI Chips Block; Shein IPO Scrutiny; and AI Standards Committee

  U.S. attempts to exclude Chinese access to AI chips by designating ‘gatekeeper’ companies; Shein’s UK IPO application scrutinized over forced labor concerns; and China’s AI Standards Committee to include executives from tech giants

  December 18, 2024

  

• Legislation roundup: AI Patents, Foreign Hospitals and Medical Representatives

  AI cannot serve as a patent inventor. China allows wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine major places. Marketing authorization holders are required to engage a medical representative for pharmaceutical academic promotion activities.

  December 13, 2024

• National Financial Regulatory Administration, Measures for the Administration of Non-Performing Assets Business of Financial Asset Management Companies

  国家金融监督管理总局金融资产管理公司不良资产业务管理办法

  NFRA specifies the non-performing assets that a financial asset management company may acquire / CLP Reference: 3600/24.11.11 ; Issued: 2024-11-11 ; Effective: 2024-11-11

  December 13, 2024

• Secretariat of the National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of Standardization Administration of China, Guidelines for Cybersecurity Standards Practices—Protection Requirements in Respect of Cross-Boundary Processing of Personal Information in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland and Hong Kong)

  全国网络安全标准化技术委员会秘书处网络安全标准实践指南——粤港澳大湾区 (内地、香港) 个人信息跨境处理保护要求

  Personal information handlers of the Greater Bay Area are required to make publicly available its rules for processing personal information / CLP Reference: 5600/24.11.21 ; Issued: 2024-11-21

  December 13, 2024

• Should Third-Country Companies with Chinese Ties Fear US Scrutiny?

  While companies from third countries do not necessarily need to divest from China to invest in the U.S., they should be prepared for CFIUS scrutiny of their China operations

  December 13, 2024

  

• In the News: Can AI Own Patents? ; Fading China Optimism; and US Targets Chinese Chips

  State Intellectual Property Office issues guidelines on AI as patent inventors; German and British companies are less optimistic about their China prospects, with a caveat; and U.S. adds a range of companies involved in Chinese chipmaking to Entity List

  December 11, 2024