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These Procedures aim to strengthen the administrative protection of the right of dissemination over information networks in the course of internet information service activities and regulate administrative law enforcement.

For the first time, the State Council has offered substantive legal parameters for the growth of China's burgeoning domestic private sector. The Opinion issued by the State Council brings the legal status of local private enterprises closer to that enjoyed by state and foreign-owned companies. Despite this, there is still more to be done to make China's private sector globally competitive.

Pending the State Council's release of regulations concerning the handling of copyright infringements over the internet, the National Copyright Administration and Ministry of Information Industry has released its own Procedures in this regard. Though these are helpful in handling the burgeoning number of copyright internet infringement cases, they are not without problems.

These Rules implement the Control of Advertising Regulations. The scope of the Regulations shall include newspapers, radio, television, movies, billboards, signs, automobiles, mail, and so on.

These Procedures provide the necessary conditions and procedures for a listed company to buy back its public shares.

(Promulgated by the Supreme People's Court on January 2 2005 and effective as of January 7 2005.)SPC Interpretations [2004] No.1Pursuant to the provisions…

Issued: May 30 2005Main contents: The Opinions state that fair access to the market shall be implemented and policies should treat enterprises belonging…

Despite its status as one of the world's fastest growing nuclear energy providers, China lacks a comprehensive body of law dealing with civil liability for nuclear incidents. Such liability is currently dealt with under what may be considered a normative document issued by the State Council in 1986. Though this document is in-line with international conventions on nuclear civil liability, questions remain as to whether its legal basis can be relied on through future development in the industry.

Promulgated: January 28 2005Main contents: The Chinese party of a Sino-foreign equity or cooperative joint venture holding state-owned assets and equity…