Sun, 04 Jun 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Under Chinese criminal laws, where a juvenile has reached 18 when committing a crime and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of five years or a lighter punishment, the criminal records concerned shall be sealed for preservation.
Mon, 08 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The newly-issued guideline from China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security has broadened the criteria for determining self-defense in minor injury cases.
Mon, 24 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
From 2018 to 2023, the proportion of the number of acquittals to the number of prosecutions in China is 0.058%.
Wed, 23 Nov 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2022, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate released the “Report on the Work of People's Procuratorates in Prosecution of Minors”, which provides data on minor crimes from 2018 to 2021.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Seizure of electronic storage devices and electronic data extraction are the two statutory methods. It is also noteworthy that different approaches would apply when it comes to collection of the electronic data located in China and of that located outside of China.
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In December 2020, China promulgated the Criminal Law Amendment (XI) (刑法修正案(十一)), three articles of which concern biosecurity as well as the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's new judicial interpretation (2021) of Criminal Procedure Law provides for the trial and judicial assistance for foreign-related criminal cases.
Sun, 20 Dec 2020 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
On 26 Nov. 2020, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the Opinions on Several Issues Concerning Handling Cross-border Gambling Offences.
Wed, 02 Dec 2020 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
If someone steals in China, he/she may be sentenced to public surveillance as the least serious penalty or life imprisonment as the most serious penalty, depending on the seriousness of the crime he/she commits.
Mon, 23 Nov 2020 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
In China, by 2020, there are 42 criminal offences eligible for the death penalty.