China Legal Trends provides up-to-the-minute comments on China's laws, regulations, policies and cases, as well as in-depth analyses on major events relating to Chinese law and insights on public documents.
As a column of China Justice Observer, China Legal Trends is updated daily.
Mon, 04 Sep 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, the English version of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign State Immunity was published online by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The full text is available here.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Dr. Yongjian Zhang, former Senior Judge of the First Ranking of China’s Supreme People’s Court, has been appointed as an international judge at the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC).
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Improving the Investigation Supervision and Collaboration and Cooperation Mechanisms.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued Environment and Resources Adjudication of China (2022) with typical cases and released data on environmental protection cases heard by Chinese courts in 2022.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released twelve typical cases on wetland ecological conservation.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The Sichuan Giant Panda National Park Ecological Court was officially established in 2021 under the guidance and support of China’s Supreme People’s Court.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2023, the Shanghai Financial Court (SFC) concluded China’s first civil compensation case for fraudulent asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance (See Postal Saving Bank of China Co., Ltd v. Kunshan Meijite Dengdu Management Co., Ltd et al. (2020) Hu 74 Min Chu No. 1801).
Tue, 15 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the “Guidelines for the Filing of Standard Contracts for the Outbound Transfer of Personal Information (First Edition)”, providing specific requirements for the methods, procedures, and materials for filing standard contracts for the outbound transfer of personal information.
Tue, 15 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the All-China Women’s Federation issued the “Opinions on Providing Guidance on Family Education”.
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In Mat 2023, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) issued the “Detailed Rules for Implementing the Regulation on the Management of Human Genetic Resources”.