On August 20, 2021, the 30th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted China’s new PRC Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will take effect on November 1, 2021. The...more
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On June 10, 2021, the 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress ("NPC") adopted China’s new Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law,1which took immediate effect. The new law provides legal grounds for...more
On June 30, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (the “Standing Committee”) in the People’s Republic of China (“China”) unanimously passed The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National...more
Following the decision taken by China’s National People’s Congress to adopt a new national security law (the “Security Law”) for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Hong Kong”) on May 28, the Standing Committee of...more
The National People’s Congress in China has today adopted a resolution paving the way for a new national security law to apply to Hong Kong.
The law is expected to focus on the prevention and punishment of secession, the...more