Business as usual

I think the new tort law (中华人民共和国侵权责任法) will have a significant financial impact for a lot of manufacturing companies, not only will they need to accrue for unexpected legal costs but their insurance premiums are sure to rise as well. Overall, from an environmental perspective I think it's a good step forward by China, as to how effective this is though in minimising environmental pollution will be up to the Court's interpretation of the new laws and how stringently they want to apply the laws

William Lee, Asia-Pacific Regional Counsel, Infor

China's Tort Liability Law (中华人民共和国侵权责任法) was promulgated in the wake of a number of heated debated tort cases. In comparison with the General Principles of the Civil Law, the Tort Liability Law is much more comprehensive. While the law does not have any direct bearing to my practice area, the principles set forth therein will definitely impact the operation of our company

Legal Counsel, agricultural products mutinational

This compilation of various bases of liability will be developed into a more practical body of law with significant impact such as in the field of environmental responsibility and certainly product liability

Director of Legal Affairs, automotive products multinational

This new law more or less summarises the practices in the past. There are not a lot of new things even though some new rights are defined in this law, such as privacy. We don't want to exaggerate the impact of this law or over-worry about it. Of course, we'll take some measures to cope with the new regulations, but as now we are operating above the law in the past, I don't think it will change our way of doing business fundamentally

Legal Director, consumer goods multinational