SPC specifies the adducement of evidence by the plaintiff as well as the defendant of civil IP disputes and the handling of copyright disputes over attribution. CBIRC eliminates the industry restrictions on insurance institutions' financial equity investment.
Scrutiny of Chinese investment in the U.S. is unlikely to ease anytime soon, but a Biden administration is expected to adopt a less abrasive approach than that of his predecessor
Fay Zhou, Vivian Cao and Xi Liao of Linklaters discuss the recently introduced Leniency and Commitments Guidelines by highlighting their differences in application, scope and legal implications, as well as whether companies should adopt the leniency or commitments mechanisms to seek comparatively favorable or less severe outcomes when responding to antitrust investigations
U.S.-China investment flows fell to record lows during the Trump administration, but a Biden administration is unlikely to deviate from its predecessor's policy goals
Trump issues executive order prohibiting purchasing of securities in Chinese military-affiliated companies; China signs RCEP trade agreement with 14 other Asia-Pacific countries; and SAMR releases draft antimonopoly rules targeting internet companies
China's data protection regime is further aligning with the GDPR, good news for both Chinese companies wanting to go global as well as foreign companies already GDPR-compliant
SAMR issues the first anti-monopoly guidelines for online platform operators, the revised Copyright Law largely increases the cost of infringement and SPC clarifies guarantor liability.