On June 28, China’s Foreign Relations Law (the “Law”) was adopted at the third session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), with effect almost immediately on July 1, 2023....more
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) promulgated the Procedures for Administrative Law Enforcement by the Cyberspace Administration Departments (网信部门行政执法程序规定, “Enforcement Procedures”) on March 18, 2023, effective...more
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) in a brief statement on March 31, 2023 stated that it has launched a cybersecurity review of Micron’s products sold in China pursuant to the National Security Law (2015),...more
On December 27, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition)...more
1/11/2022
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The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on November 14, 2021 published the draft Regulations on the Administration of Network Data Security (“Draft Regulations”) for comment through December 13, 2021.1 The Draft...more
12/7/2021
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China’s State Council on August 17 released the Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations (“Regulations”) effective September 1, a key administrative regulation in the implementation of the 2016...more
The Standing Committee of China's National People’s Congress (NPC) on June 10 enacted the Data Security Law (DSL) which will come into effect on September 1. The NPC reviewed two earlier drafts of the DSL in July 2020 and...more
6/16/2021
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On April 27, 2020, twelve Chinese government departments led by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) jointly promulgated the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (the “Measures”) effective June 1, 2020 under the joint...more
The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress published the Draft Export Control Law (Draft ECL) on December 28, 2019, with comments due by January 26, 2020. The Draft ECL, if enacted in its current form,...more
1/16/2020
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China has accelerated its foreign investment legislative process, in part as a goodwill gesture before resuming face-to-face trade talks with its U.S. counterparts. The National People’s Congress released the Draft PRC...more
The Measures on the Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights to Foreign Parties (Pilot) (“Measures,” click here for the Chinese-language text) (dated March 18 and published March 29, 2018, with immediate effect) tighten...more
On April 3, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of proposed products that may be subjected to additional tariffs of 25 percent ad valorem, in accordance with President Trump's March 22...more