Chinese financial regulator to take over Zhongbang Bank due to severe credit risks | U.S. companies adopt Chinese AI and China considers restrictions | CNIPA maintains validity of first virtual digital human patent, clarifying inventiveness standards for AI model training
China’s first overhaul of its trademark law in decades focuses on good faith | Draft revisions of E-Commerce Law expands its scope beyond platforms and merchants | ByteDance and Alibaba disable AI custom agents ahead of new anthropomorphic rules
China restricts domestic investors from investing in Hong Kong financial markets / CLP Reference: 2130/26.05.05 ; Promulgated: 2026-05-05 ; Effective: 2026-07-01
Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Cathy (Yian) Chen and Ke Dong of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyse China’s newly promulgated State Council Regulation on Outbound Investment. This article unpacks how the Regulation reinforces and expands the pre-existing outbound direct investment governance framework, broadens the regulatory perimeter governing cross-border outbound investment activities, and outlines critical compliance ramifications for Chinese enterprises undertaking overseas investment transactions
China’s clinical drug trial registrations exceed the U.S.’s, causing concerns| SAMR releases national standards for AI agent interconnection to establish a unified identity framework | CATL to work with U.K.-based Octopus Energy to launch battery-swapping stations in Europe
Samples selected for online review shall be ordinary goods that consumers can purchase on the market / CLP Reference: 5600/26.06.08 ; Issued: 2026-06-08
DJI and Insta360 file competing patent infringement lawsuits in Texas court | Chinese ECARX partners with U.S. May Mobility despite U.S. restrictions on Chinese connected vehicle technology | Bipartisan U.S. proposal to streamline biological data access amid China rivalry
Chinese companies are abandoning their red-chip structures after the Manus case | Trip.com fined for failing to comply with cross-border data security rules, signifying strict enforcement| China's win in Innoscience patent case against Germany's Infineon doesn't necessarily mean continued victory over the German chip giant.
Chinese Wingtech sues Dutch subsidiary chipmaker Nexperia under Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law | Hong Kong instructs banks to tighten scrutiny of mainland Chinese investment accounts | European Commission proposes supply chain diversification rules in sensitive sectors.
New law extends Beijing’s powers to restrict cross-border dealmaking, hindering biotech deals | Foreign fashion brands could run afoul of China's new supply chain security law | EU scrutinizes Chinese investments in Ferretti and JD.com deals
