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, 29 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
A witness located in China testified in a Finnish court via online video.
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, China passed the Family Education Promotion Law, marking the first legislation that calls for parents or other guardians of minors to play a dominant role in minors’ education for the first time.
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
This is the first time that China has enacted a law on land boundaries, formulating its major judgments and strategic arrangements for the national territory and border security.
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, the CSRC and other two authorities jointly issued the “Announcement on the Participation of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors in Financial Derivatives Transactions” (关于合格境外机构投资者和人民币合格境外机构投资者参与金融衍生品交易的公告), which expands the Qualified Foreign Investors’ investment scope.
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, the PBC and CBIRC jointly issued the “Regulations on Additional Supervision of Systemically Important Banks (For Trial Implementation)” (系统重要性银行附加监管规定(试行)), which constitutes the last piece of the puzzle of the systemically important banks regulatory system.
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, CBIRC issued the “Provisional Rules on Major Shareholders Conduct of Banking and Insurance Institutions (For Trial Implementation)” (银行保险机构大股东行为监管办法(试行)), which regulates the conducts of major shareholders in participating corporate governance.
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued the “Opinions on Launching Pilot Program on Arbitration in Securities and Futures Industries” (关于依法开展证券期货行业仲裁试点的意见).
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, the SPP issued the revised “Provisions of the People’s Procuratorate on Case Information Disclosure” (人民检察院案件信息公开工作规定), which expands the scope of disclosure of case information by the procuratorates.
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2021, Chinese authorities released two white papers on biodiversity conservation, namely the “Opinions of Further Strengthening the Biodiversity Conservation” (关于进一步加强生物多样性保护的意见) and “Biodiversity Conservation in China” (中国的生物多样性保护).
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2021, Hainan Province passed the Regulations on Fair Competition of Hainan Free Trade Port, which will come into effect on 1 Jan. 2022.