On July 1, 2023, an amendment to the Counterespionage Law of the People’s Republic of China (2014) (2023 Amendment) took effect, following adoption by the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of the...more
On February 24, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the much-awaited Measures for the Standard Contract for Outbound Transfer of Personal Information (China SCC Measures) together with the issuance of...more
On August 20, 2021, China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will take effect on November 1, 2021. This legislation supplements the Cybersecurity Law enacted on November 7, 2016, the privacy rights...more
To ensure the effective implementation of the new Foreign Investment Law (the FIL) as well as to clarify the issues not clearly addressed in the FIL and to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign...more
The recent shutdown of an auto parts supplier in Shanghai for violating environmental laws demonstrates a new era in China – one in which environmental concerns are being prioritized and laws enforced. Companies should rise...more
For a long period of time, China did not allow foreign investors to form wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China to operate medical institutions. This has now changed. ...more