When foreign investment strategy changes, many important issues can arise, not least in the area of intellectual property rights. David Lin and Shen Yang of DOCVIT Law Firm explore these issues, and underline the importance of arranging appropriate methods to dispose of relevant rights
China's proposed amendment of its state secrets law has alarmed foreign businesses; a U.S. Congressional committee will probe Sequoia over its China tech investments; and China will scrap its price cap on land sales to revive its property market
SAMR sets forth permit requirements for drug dealers. Lawful property rights of private enterprises is protected. Qualified third-party enterprises engaged in pollution prevention and treatment enjoy reduced tax rate.
Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng examines the implications of a new set of draft provisions aimed at regulating and facilitating the cross-border flow of data
U.S. further restricts export of chips to curb China's technological advancement; China bans domestic brokerages from offshore trading in order to stabilize its currency; and Chinese court continues to not recognize crypto lending in civil litigation cases
CAC relaxes cross-border data transfers by multinationals. A handler of key data or core data in the industry and information technology sector shall complete data security risk assessments. Intellectual property infringements are required to be identified when providing generative AI services.