Legal

• China's 2026 Trademark Law Revision: Implications for Brand Strategy and Enforcement in China

  Aggie Liu and Muzi Xuan of Baker McKenzie FenXun examine the likely impact of a very significant update to China’s key trademark legislation and extract some important themes for brand owners and platform-based businesses

  August 03, 2026

  

• In the News: First Anti-Foreign Sanctions Judgment; Offshore Trusts Taxation; and China Banks Launch Repo Rate Loans

  First Chinese judgment rejects foreign sanctions on Chinese party as defense for contract breach | Chinese tax-residents must pay income tax on gains of assets transferred to offshore trusts | Three major Chinese banks issue first loans using interbank repo rates as a pricing benchmark

  July 31, 2026

  

• Legislation Roundup: Tax on Offshore Trusts, Small-Scale Personal Information Handlers, and Insider Trading Regulation

  Tax-resident individuals are required to pay tax on their offshore trusts. Transfers of personal information of less than 100,000 persons may enjoy simplified procedures. Regulation of insider trading is tightened up.

  July 27, 2026

• Measures for the Work Associated with Investigations into Industrial and Supply Chain Security

  产业链供应链安全调查工作办法

  MOFCOM lays out the criteria for initiating a supply chain security investigation/ CLP Reference: 5800/26.06.22 ; Promulgated: 2026-06-22 ; Effective: 2026-06-22

  July 27, 2026

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Public Security, Measures for Risk Assessment of Network Data Security

  国家互联网信息办公室、工业和信息化部、公安部网络数据安全风险评估办法

  Network data handlers are required to conduct risk assessments of their data regularly / Promulgated: 2026-6-18 ; Effective: 2026-08-20

  July 27, 2026

• The 2026 Revision of China’s Good Clinical Practice Standard: A Once-In-A-Generation Paradigm Shift

  Xiangxiang Ma, Partner at Anjie Broad LLP, analyzes a newly-released standard which forms a key part of China’s framework regulating clinical trials

  July 27, 2026

  

• In the News: Chinese Government Takes Over Bank; US Companies Adopt Chinese AI; and First Digital Human Patent Invalidation Case

  Chinese financial regulator to take over Zhongbang Bank due to severe credit risks | U.S. companies adopt Chinese AI and China considers restrictions | CNIPA maintains validity of first virtual digital human patent, clarifying inventiveness standards for AI model training

  July 23, 2026

  

• Legislation Roundup: Banking and Insurance Cybersecurity, Financial Law, and Lawyers Law

  Critical information infrastructure operators in the banking and insurance sectors are required to focus on commercial cryptography management. The Financial Law prioritizes civil damages. Qualified Hong Kong and Macao lawyers may practice in the Greater Bay Area.

  July 17, 2026

• State Administration for Market Regulation and Ministry of Commerce, PRC Electronic Commerce Law (Draft Bill of Amendment for Comments)

  国家市场监督管理总局、商务部中华人民共和国电子商务法 (修正草案征求意见稿)

  Commerce department may take measures against a foreign entity that breaches fair trade rules / Issued: 2026-07-04

  July 17, 2026

• Cyberspace Administration of China, Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services (Draft Bill of Amendment for Comments)

  国家互联网信息办公室互联网信息服务管理办法 (修订草案征求意见稿)

  Internet information service providers are required to conduct dynamic verification of account information of users / Issued: 2026-07-03

  July 17, 2026