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
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July 17, 2026Chinese regulator rejects patent re-examination application involving AI content | Sweeping cybersecurity rules for banks and insurers on protecting financial infrastructure | Supreme People's Procuratorate proposes treating privacy coin use as evidence of money laundering intent
July 16, 2026China’s first overhaul of its trademark law in decades focuses on good faith | Draft revisions of E-Commerce Law expands its scope beyond platforms and merchants | ByteDance and Alibaba disable AI custom agents ahead of new anthropomorphic rules
July 09, 2026China restricts domestic investors from investing in Hong Kong financial markets / CLP Reference: 2130/26.05.05 ; Promulgated: 2026-05-05 ; Effective: 2026-07-01
July 06, 2026Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Cathy (Yian) Chen and Ke Dong of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyse China’s newly promulgated State Council Regulation on Outbound Investment. This article unpacks how the Regulation reinforces and expands the pre-existing outbound direct investment governance framework, broadens the regulatory perimeter governing cross-border outbound investment activities, and outlines critical compliance ramifications for Chinese enterprises undertaking overseas investment transactions
July 06, 2026China’s clinical drug trial registrations exceed the U.S.’s, causing concerns| SAMR releases national standards for AI agent interconnection to establish a unified identity framework | CATL to work with U.K.-based Octopus Energy to launch battery-swapping stations in Europe
July 02, 2026Samples selected for online review shall be ordinary goods that consumers can purchase on the market / CLP Reference: 5600/26.06.08 ; Issued: 2026-06-08
June 26, 2026Jun Luo, a Ph.D. Candidate in Intellectual Property Law at Tongji University Law School, examines a key Supreme People’s Court case from a data law perspective, analyzing its implications for data rights, platform responsibilities, user autonomy, and the evolving interface between data regulation and competition law in China
June 26, 2026
