Legislation roundup: Negative List, environmental protection and cloud storage
October 29, 2015 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articles &The State Council has unveiled a negative list system for market access, stricter environmental criteria have been set for construction projects and copyright measures have been imposed on cloud storage service providers
Investment Policy
State Council, Opinions on Implementing a Negative List System for Market Access
The Opinions state that the negative list for market access will include a prohibited access category and a restricted access category. The negative list system for market access will be implemented on a trial basis in certain regions between December 1 2015 and December 31 2017, and a nationally uniform negative list system for market access will be implemented formally from 2018.
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Environmental Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Measures for the Administration of the Qualifications for Conducting Environmental Impact Assessments of Construction Projects
The new Measures stiffen the requirements in respect of the qualifications of personnel who prepare reports and specify that the person overseeing the preparation of an environmental impact report (form) should be the environmental impact assessment engineer in the appropriate professional category in the firm.
Further reading
Intellectual Property
National Copyright Administration, Circular on Regulating Copyright Order in Cloud Storage Services
Where a cloud storage service provider is well aware or ought to be aware that a user is illegally uploading, storing and sharing infringing pirated works, it shall take effective measures to put a halt thereto.
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Further reading
Investment Policy
State Council, Opinions on Implementing a Negative List System for Market Access
The Opinions state that the negative list for market access will include a prohibited access category and a restricted access category. The negative list system for market access will be implemented on a trial basis in certain regions between December 1 2015 and December 31 2017, and a nationally uniform negative list system for market access will be implemented formally from 2018.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
Environmental Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Measures for the Administration of the Qualifications for Conducting Environmental Impact Assessments of Construction Projects
The new Measures stiffen the requirements in respect of the qualifications of personnel who prepare reports and specify that the person overseeing the preparation of an environmental impact report (form) should be the environmental impact assessment engineer in the appropriate professional category in the firm.
Further reading
Intellectual Property
National Copyright Administration, Circular on Regulating Copyright Order in Cloud Storage Services
Where a cloud storage service provider is well aware or ought to be aware that a user is illegally uploading, storing and sharing infringing pirated works, it shall take effective measures to put a halt thereto.
See the full translation.
Further reading
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