China imposes same outbound investment filing requirements for companies and individuals | Red chip ban is part of the reason for PE freeze in China | Chinese court upholds franchisee’s right to unilaterally terminate during "cooling-off period'
State Taxation Administration trains local officers and drafts guidelines to resolve confusion over new offshore trust taxation | EU’s new packaging rules create headache for Chinese exporters | Deutsche Bank authorized as renminbi clearing bank amid internationalization push
China expands strict personal information processing rules to entities processing 10 million people | New entry-exit rules could block talent in sensitive sectors from leaving China | Tax authorities enforce stricter social security contribution compliance to address pension fund deficits.
Foreign nationals placed on a countermeasures list will be denied entry to China / Promulgated: 2026-07-22 ; Effective: 2026-09-15
MOFCOM lays out the criteria for initiating a supply chain security investigation/ CLP Reference: 5800/26.06.22 ; Promulgated: 2026-06-22 ; Effective: 2026-06-22
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
