Download full version in PDF Background Amid the trade tension with the US, China’s Tariff Commission of the State Council (the Tariff Commission) during the past two years announced three batches of retaliatory tariff measures on US goods to counter a flurry of Section 301 tariffs imposed by the US…
In five recent judicial review applications brought against the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Magistrate (HCAL…
Transparency International (TI) released its 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) on 23 January 2020. TI reports that the…
On 28 December 2019, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released a new draft of the Export Control Law (ECL) (“2019 Draft”), an update from the 2017 version circulated by the Ministry of Commerce. Click HERE to refer to our client alert on the…
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a historic marshalling of capital and a remarkable geopolitical foray into…
Chinese government authorities have recently issued a series of policies and draft amendments to push forward the establishment…
As part of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)’s recent push to accelerate formulation of the implementation rules of the China Cybersecurity Law (CSL), it published the draft Measures for Security Assessment of Export of Personal Information (for public consultations) on 13 June 2019 (“Draft Security Assessment Measures”). Unlike the draft Measures for Security…
China takes further steps to reduce social insurance burden on employers China is further reducing social insurance burdens…
The Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) announced on 31 May 2019 that the Chinese government will introduce an…
According to a Circular [2019] No. 2 (the Circular) released by the Tariff Commission of the State Council (the Tariff Commission), which is a multi-ministerial board led by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), on May 13, 2019, China has introduced a product exclusion process, expected to be officially launched on June 3, 2019. This…