Legislation

• Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in the Trial of Civil Disputes Over Patents of Pharmaceuticals for Which Registration is Applied

  关于审理申请注册的药品相关的专利权纠纷民事案件适用法律若干问题的规定

  Judicial proceedings for the patent linkage system specified

  August 19, 2021

• National Medical Products Administration, Guiding Principles for Classifying and Defining Artificial Intelligence Medical Software Products

  国家药品监督管理局人工智能医用软件产品分类界定指导原则

  Artificial intelligence medical software products are defined

  August 13, 2021

• Beijing Municipality, Guiding Opinions on Advancing the Work Associated with the Pilot Project for the Transfer of Equity Investment and Venture Capital Units

  北京市关于推进股权投资和创业投资份额转让试点工作的指导意见

  Beijing Municipality promotes the establishment of private equity secondary market funds

  August 13, 2021

• National Medical Products Administration and China National Intellectual Property Administration, Implementing Measures for the Mechanism for the Early Resolution of Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes (Trial Implementation)

  国家药品监督管理局、国家知识产权局药品专利纠纷早期解决机制实施办法 (试行)

  An early resolution mechanism is in place for pharmaceutical patent disputes

  August 06, 2021

• General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and General Office of the State Council, Opinions on Further Lightening the Burden of Homework and of Off-Campus Tutelage on Students at the Compulsory Education Stage

  中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅关于进一步减轻义务教育阶段学生作业负担和校外培训负担的意见

  China bans listing of tutorial institutions

  August 06, 2021

• Statistics Center of the National Health Commission, Standards for the Administration of the Security of Online Medical and Health Information (Draft for Comments)

  国家卫生健康委统计信息中心互联网医疗健康信息安全管理规范（征求意见稿）

  Personal health information is required to be stored in China

  July 30, 2021

• Guidelines for the Entry into Electronic Employment Contracts

  电子劳动合同订立指引

  Electronic employment contracts are signed via special formation platforms

  July 30, 2021

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Cyberspace Administration of China and Ministry of Public Security, Provisions for the Administration of Security Vulnerabilities in Network Products

  工业和信息化部、国家互联网信息办公室、公安部网络产品安全漏洞管理规定

  Network product providers are required to promptly report security vulnerabilities

  July 23, 2021

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Cybersecurity Review Measures (Revised Draft for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室网络安全审查办法 (修订草案征求意见稿)

  Listings of data processors outside China may be subject to cybersecurity reviews

  July 23, 2021

• State Administration for Market Regulation, Measures for the Administrative Oversight of Contracts (Draft for Comments)

  国家市场监督管理总局合同行政监督管理办法 (征求意见稿)

  SAMR prohibits business operators from using standard clauses to limit liability

  July 16, 2021