Features & Analyses

Recent legislation from different government bodies have brought IP protection for software to a new level, but questions remain.

Consumers' privacy, their right to know about products and businesses, and other protective measures have been legislated as the Shanghai municipality tackles the rising tide of intrusive business tactics.

Amendments to the PRC Trademark Law, prompted by China's entry into the World Trade Organization, entered into effect on December 1 2001. 1 On August 3 2002, the State Council promulgated the PRC Trademark Law Implementing Regulations (Implementing Regulations), which supplement various provisions in the amended Trademark Law.

The scope of work for foreign law firms in China is a hot topic and work in China's legal market constitutes one of the key services included in the country's WTO membership agreements. What can we make of new implementing regulations that govern foreign law firms' China activity?

With the promulgation by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of the Several Issues on Trial of Enterprise Bankruptcy Cases Provisions (the Provisions), the PRC is demonstrating that attempts are being made to reform bankruptcy law.

The PRC State Council published the new Copyright Law Implementing Regulations (the Regulations) on August 2 2002, almost a year after the Copyright Law was amended. The new Regulations are mainly intended to bring China's copyright regime closer to full compliance with the TRIPs Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Organizing a predictable system for the development of agriculture is of pressing concern as China faces the new century. The legal environment is offering new chances for foreign plant breeders to commercialize their varieties in China.

The Ministry of Information Industry and the China Internet Network Information Center recently issued separate pieces of legislation that aim to bring China's freewheeling internet sphere under additional legislative control.

MOFTEC has issued a new circular that offers some clarification on prior legislation and give more details about how non-listed foreign investment shares can be converted into B shares.