National People's Congress passes landmark personal information protection law; SAMR releases draft unfair competition rules for internet industry; and State Council finalizes long-awaited draft on CII operators
August 24, 2021
Legal
Edward Tung, legal counsel for Hong Kong-based venture capital firm ORI Capital, discusses the growing importance of ESG, the rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and the advantage of having scientific expertise when representing healthcare and biotechnology companies.
August 20, 2021State Council promulgates regulations helping define critical information infrastructure. SPC defines business ethics in the context of unfair competition. SAMR prohibits unfair competition acts online.
August 20, 2021Important data of intelligent connected vehicles require security assessment when transferred abroad
August 20, 2021Judicial proceedings for the patent linkage system specified
August 19, 2021Hong Kong buyers make first cross-border CCER deal under new national ETS; Arbitration Law proposed revisions released to align further with international practice; and Standard Chartered application for securities venture accepted by CSRC
August 17, 2021The scope of matters that may be arbitrated is expanded. Government authorities are required to conduct a fair competition review when formulating regulations. Important data of intelligent connected vehicles require security assessment when transferred abroad.
August 13, 2021Artificial intelligence medical software products are defined
August 13, 2021Beijing Municipality promotes the establishment of private equity secondary market funds
August 13, 2021Ting Wu of Haiwen & Partners raises some questions to highlight how China's newly implemented drug patent linkage system attempts to resolve drug patent disputes in the early stages, which will have a sweeping impact on market entry strategies for chemical drugs in China
August 13, 2021
