Venture capital firm's Chinese investment to be reviewed by U.S. Treasury; Small-scale M&A on the rise despite trade tensions, sluggish growth; and U.S. Congressmen urge delisting of 25 Chinese groups from U.S. exchanges.
May 22, 2025
China Law News
SAMR adds new forms in which illegal acts of abusive administrative power to eliminate or restrict competition manifest, and clarifies the “appropriate confidentiality measures” in trade secrets protection. Permanent supplementation of working capital constitute a change in the purpose of offering proceeds
May 19, 2025CATL and Ant Group’s planned listings could break recent HK IPO records; The lowering of U.S. drug prices will impact Chinese drugmakers; and U.S. House passes sanctions bill targeting trade secret theft by China.
May 15, 2025Standards are released specifying compliance audits of personal information protection and technical requirements for the minor mode for mobile internet. State Council extends the protection scope of new plant varieties.
May 09, 2025Chinese exporters ship goods through third countries to conceal true origin; China’s stringent cross-border data transfer rules force European pause in funding of scientific research; and Draft revisions of arbitration law aim to increase oversight and international cooperation on arbitration cases
May 08, 2025Beijing IP Court issues first ruling on protecting AI model parameters; Chinese pharma companies are using “NewCo” strategy to expand overseas; and China reduces entry restrictions for select industries.
May 01, 2025CSRC exempts state secrets from company disclosure. SPC differentiates the secrecy of technical secrets and the novelty and inventiveness of patents, and defines “same kind of good or service” in criminal IP cases.
April 30, 2025China eases cross-border data transfer restrictions for financial institutions; Trade war prompts plan to open up service sector; and new law firm anti-money laundering regulations to align with international standards
April 25, 2025CAC defines the necessity for overseas transfer of personal data. Zhejiang formulates the first data negative list in China for e-commerce (business-to-business). Law firms are required to establish a client due diligence system for anti-money laundering purposes.
April 17, 2025The Cyberspace Administration clarifies its approach to the export of personal and important information out of China; UK weighs whether to include China in foreign influence disclosure rules; and Burberry wins online trademark infringement suit.
April 17, 2025
