Retail Trade and Distribution

Wei Huang, Wendy Zhou and Lujia Yu, antitrust specialists at Beijing Tian Yuan Law Firm, examine the landmark Supreme People's Court judgment in re Yangtze River Pharma et al. v HIPI Pharma et al

AI content protected by Chinese copyright law due to the addition of "human investment"; A provincial appellate court rules that Shanghai's Maichilin has infringed Michelin's trademark; and the ramifications of Shein's plans to file an IPO in the U.S.

China bans those holding state secrets from traveling abroad during the 'confidentiality period'; the European Union requires Alibaba's subsidiary AliExpress to provide information on its measures to deal with illegal products; and the British fashion retailer Missguided is now under the management of SHEIN

Biden's AI executive order lays the foundation for AI export control rules; New Chinese super-financial regulator takes power away from existing state institutions; and U.S. orders immediate halt to some AI chip shipments to China.

China's proposed amendment of its state secrets law has alarmed foreign businesses; a U.S. Congressional committee will probe Sequoia over its China tech investments; and China will scrap its price cap on land sales to revive its property market

U.S. further restricts export of chips to curb China's technological advancement; China bans domestic brokerages from offshore trading in order to stabilize its currency; and Chinese court continues to not recognize crypto lending in civil litigation cases

China approves the U.S. listing plans of VIE-structured company CheChe; Chinese IP court helps mediate dispute between Dyson and Dreame; and CSRC proposes rules to encourage companies to pay their dividends

With the European Union's revised product safety rules coming into effect in December 2024, Chinese firms should take notice of major changes to the rules and how they can comply with them.

China meets executives of international firms in order to reassure them over data security regulations; CSRC seeks regulatory opinion for the frist time for overseas listing; and Chinese automobile parts included in U.S. import detention over Xinjiang concerns