Legislation

• 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

• Cyberspace Administration of China and Ministry of Public Security, Provisions for the Protection of Personal Information on Large Network Platforms (Draft for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室、公安部大型网络平台个人信息保护规定 (征求意见稿)

  Large-scale network platform service providers are required to provide convenient means for individuals to exercise their rights / Issued: 2025-11-22

  December 18, 2025

• PRC Cybersecurity Law (Revised)

  中华人民共和国网络安全法 (修正)

  Cybersecurity Law is revised to enhance protection of personal data / CLP Reference: 5600/25.10.28 ; Promulgated: 2025-10-28 ; Effective: 2026-01-01

  December 18, 2025

• National Financial Regulatory Administration, Measures for the Administration of Trust Companies

  国家金融监督管理总局信托公司管理办法

  Trust companies’ scope of business is changed / Promulgated: 2025-09-11 ; Effective: 2026-01-01

  December 08, 2025

• Measures for the Certification of the Overseas Transfer of Personal Information

  个人信息出境认证办法

  Specific details on certification of oversea transfers of personal data are set forth / CLP Reference: 5600/25.10.14 ; Promulgated: 2025-10-14 ; Effective: 2026-01-01

  December 05, 2025

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Provisions for the Establishment of Personal Information Protection Oversight Committees by Large Online Platforms (Draft for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室大型网络平台设立个人信息保护监督委员会规定 (征求意见稿)

  Large online platforms are required to set up committees to protect personal information / Issued: 2025-09-12

  November 13, 2025

• PRC Environmental Protection Tax Law (Revised in 2025)

  中华人民共和国环境保护税法 (2025年修正)

  The revised Law extends the levy of the environmental tax to non-specified volatile organic compounds / CLP Reference: 1600/25.10.28 ; Promulgated: 2025-10-28 ; Effective: 2025-10-28

  November 13, 2025

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Other Departments, Measures for Artificial Intelligence Technology Ethics Management Services (Trial Implementation) (Draft for Comments)

  工业和信息化部等部门人工智能科技伦理管理服务办法 (试行) (公开征求意见稿)

  China issues first draft rules on AI ethics / Issued: 2025-08-22

  November 04, 2025

• Supreme People’s Court, Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the PRC Company Law (Draft for Comments)

  最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国公司法〉若干问题的解释 (征求意见稿)

  SPC specifies invalid amendments of articles of association / Issued: 2025-09-30

  November 04, 2025

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, People’s Bank of China and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Announcement on Further Supporting the Engagement in Bond Repurchasing on the PRC Bond Market by Foreign Institutional Investors

  中国证券监督管理委员会、中国人民银行、国家外汇管理局关于进一步支持境外机构投资者在中国债券市场开展债券回购业务的公告

  China allows QFIIs to engage in bond repos / CLP Reference: 3700/25.09.26 ; Issued: 2025-09-26 ; Effective: 2025-09-26

  November 04, 2025