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.
Wed, 05 Jul 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, a local court in Guangzhou ruled that a fanfiction “There They Were” infringed original author’s copyright. The case involves four works by Jin Yong, China’s most well-known wuxia writer.
Wed, 05 Jul 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
This new rule is the “Measures for the Administration of Selection and Engagement of Accounting Firms by State-Owned Enterprises and Listed Companies” issued by the Ministry of Finance and other departments in February 2023.
Wed, 28 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
This open access book aims to provide an initial but comprehensive roadmap for the Chinese civil litigation system. It starts with some basic concepts of the Chinese judicial system (e.g., court system, case numbering, hierarchical trial system, etc.) and runs through the entire process and most aspects of civil litigation cases (e.g., jurisdiction, service of process, rules of evidence, enforcement, representative actions, etc.).
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) released the “Guidelines on Handling Intellectual Property Cases for People’s Procuratorates” (人民检察院办理知识产权案件工作指引).
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, China’s Hangzhou Internet Court found that it was an infringement of the Digital Human's creator's copyright to publish a video containing the Digital Human's image without the creator's permission.
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
According to China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), Chinese procuratorates received 182,000 applications for arrest and 369,000 cases for examination and prosecution in the first quarter of 2023.
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
A Chinese court ruled that a contract for the sale of bitcoin miners was void because it violated Chinese laws and public order.
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, the Beijing Financial Court accepted the application for interim measure and ruled to seize, impound, and freeze the property in the name of the relevant parties up to a limit of USD 14,784,384.42.
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, adopted the PRC Law on Ecological Protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2023, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, passed the revised PRC Counter-Espionage Law.