Legislation

• China National Intellectual Property Administration, Proposal for Revising the Measures for the Registration of Pledges of Patents (Draft for Comments)

  国家知识产权局专利权质押登记办法修改建议 (征求意见稿)

  Rules for registration of patent pledges are revised

  September 24, 2021

• Beijing Stock Exchange, Share Listing Rules (Trial Implementation) (Draft for Comments)

  北京证券交易所股票上市规则 (试行) (征求意见稿)

  New Beijing Stock Exchange targets innovative SMEs

  September 17, 2021

• Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Relating to the Use of Facial Recognition Technology to Process Personal Information

  关于审理使用人脸识别技术处理个人信息相关民事案件适用法律若干问题的规定

  SPC interpretation protects personal facial information

  September 17, 2021

• State Taxation Administration, Announcement on Matters Relevant to Application of the Simplified Procedure to Unilateral Advance Pricing Arrangements

  国家税务总局关于单边预约定价安排适用简易程序有关事项的公告

  Application for the simplified procedure for advance pricing is made easier

  September 10, 2021

• State Administration for Market Regulation, Decision on Amending the «PRC Electronic Commerce Law» (Draft for Comments)

  国家市场监督管理总局关于修改〈中华人民共和国电子商务法〉的决定 (征求意见稿)

  Draft E-Commerce Law accords greater protection to IP rights holders

  September 10, 2021

• State Taxation Administration and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Supplementary Announcement on Issues Relevant to Tax Record Filing for Foreign Payments Made in Connection with Trade in Services and Other Projects

  国家税务总局、国家外汇管理局关于服务贸易等项目对外支付税务备案有关问题的补充公告

  Tax filing is not needed for domestic reinvestment of a foreign investor

  September 03, 2021

• Several Provisions on Issues Concerning Specific Application of the Law in the Trial of Dispute Cases Involving the Infringement of Rights in New Varieties of Plants (2)

  关于审理侵害植物新品种权纠纷案件具体应用法律问题的若干规定（二）

  Propagating materials are crucial to IP infringement cases on new plant varieties

  September 03, 2021

• Supreme People's Court, Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the «PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law» (Draft for Comments)

  最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》若干问题的解释 (征求意见稿)

  SPC defines business ethics in the context of unfair competition

  August 27, 2021

• State Administration for Market Regulation, Provisions on Prohibiting Online Unfair Competition Acts (Draft for Public Comments)

  国家市场监督管理总局禁止网络不正当竞争行为规定 (公开征求意见稿)

  SAMR prohibits unfair traffic hijacking online

  August 27, 2021

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Opinions on Strengthening the Administration of the Access of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Producers and Products

  工业和信息化部关于加强智能网联汽车生产企业及产品准入管理的意见

  Important data of intelligent connected vehicles require security assessment when transferred abroad

  August 20, 2021