Legislation

There are stricter rules on using the word "China" and its variants in an enterprise's name

A party may file applications for enforcement of an arbitral award with both the mainland China court and Hong Kong court respectively

Shanghai publishes the first local guidelines on competition compliance

The Interpretation is revised to align with the Civil Code and the Patent Law

Chinese companies may request compensation for unjustified foreign sanctions.

Platform operators are not allowed to engage in wealth management.

Qualifications recognition of mining assessors is relaxed

Foreign investment in important sectors may be subject to national security review

The first investor to report may be exempted from antitrust penalties.