Retail Trade and Distribution

State Council relaxes foreign investment in outbound tourism and elderly care.

Timothy Bickham, Wendy Wysong and Ali Burney of Steptoe & Johnson review the new rules relating to the export of semiconductors from the United States and the impact this will have on tech companies' existing and future business operations and how IP contracts will be affected.

The U.S. Department of Defense imposes further sanctions on Chinese tech firms; Chinese chip companies denied access to U.S. technologies; Tim Hortons China secures a SPAC merger.

Casper Sek, Partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng, answers some frequently asked questions asked by foreign companies seeking to navigate China's cybersecurity and data laws

The Supreme People's Court has made a ruling in what has become China's first patent linkage case. Fang Qi and Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examine the potentially far-reaching implications of this significant decision

EU targets modern slavery; Chinese companies raise more funds from SIX than NYSE; and Beijing seeks to retain foreign trade and investment

Only marketing authorization holders or qualified pharmaceutical dealers may sell pharmaceuticals online

The U.S. is expected to formalize a ban on semiconductor export to China; Greater use of concealment techniques in securities fraud cases; ByteDance

Shanghai revises rules allowing for public interest litigation for consumer rights.