Tax filing is not needed for domestic reinvestment of a foreign investor

Propagating materials are crucial to IP infringement cases on new plant varieties

Casper Sek of Jin Mao Partners highlights the requirements of the Regulations on CII Protection from the perspective of compliance practices for companies operating in China and discusses what is a critical information infrastructure and critical information infrastructure operator, the regulators involved and compliance under the new regulations

SEC begins asking Chinese companies for more VIE-related disclosures; SPC publishes model cases involving labor disputes as "996" crackdown continues; and CAC publishes draft rules for algorithm recommendation services

The official Personal Information Protection Law provides for transfer of data handling. Important auto data requires a security assessment when transferred overseas. Corporate deregistration is made easier.

SPC defines business ethics in the context of unfair competition

SAMR prohibits unfair traffic hijacking online

Hong Kong has played a key role in familiarizing PRC clients with tightening ESG requirements, lawyers say, and it will continue to do so as the city further bolsters rules in this area

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