A data controller that is not a critical information infrastructure operator that cumulatively exports personal information (excluding any sensitive personal information) of less than 100,000 individuals since January 1 of...more
On December 29, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) passed the final version of the long-awaited new Company Law (2024 Company Law) after deliberating on four...more
United States: The Administration and Congress are taking initial steps to produce legislation to regulate AI and using interim measures, such as the White House’s recently announced voluntary agreement with seven prominent...more
8/14/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
OECD ,
OSTP ,
Personal Information ,
UK
The interim administrative measures, which are the first comprehensive AI regulations in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China), apply only to using generative AI technology to provide services to the public within the...more
In recent years, alongside the rapid development of the digital economy and the concomitant increase in data generation, collection, processing and monitoring in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China), the Chinese...more
3/23/2023
/ China ,
Cross-Border ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Security ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws
The Personal Information Protection (PIP) Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) provides three legal mechanisms for a personal information processor (data controller) in the mainland PRC to transfer personal information...more
“Data export” refers to the overseas transfer from China of data collected and generated within China, as well as the scenario in which a foreign entity or foreign individual is granted the authority to access to any data...more
China’s first amendment to its Anti-Monopoly Law will impact merger filings and anti-monopoly enforcements.
The amended law grants the enforcement authority the power to suspend the review of merger control cases....more
7/13/2022
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
China ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Penalties ,
Public Interest ,
Safe Harbors ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)
Technologies relating to Generation III & IV nuclear reactors have been added to China’s newly updated Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export (the Catalogue). Export of such technology is subject to a...more
PRC authorities release updated Catalogue of China’s Export Prohibited and Restricted Technologies (the Catalogue), the first overhaul of the guidelines in more than a decade.
Based on the 2008 version of the Catalogue,...more
The fifth and final installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
Foreign investors seeking to exit from their existing foreign invested enterprises (FIEs)...more
The second installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
The two current models of foreign loans for Foreign Invested Enterprises reflect the Chinese...more
The fourth installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
China’s new Foreign Investment Law and its implementation regulations contain explicit provisions...more
The third installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
There are major differences in the requirements on corporate governance and decision-making...more
7/28/2020
/ Board of Directors ,
Capital Contributions ,
China ,
Company Law ,
Corporate Governance ,
Foreign Investment ,
Joint Venture ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Profit Sharing ,
Shareholders ,
Voting Rights
The first installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
The law institutes new reporting requirements for foreign investors....more
This series of alerts focuses on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect at the beginning of 2020.
A single new law now encompasses the three business forms that foreign...more
The PRC issues a 1,260-article, comprehensive Civil Code covering all aspects of civil and business life in China. It becomes effective on January 1, 2021.
China has passed its first-ever Civil Code, which will come into...more
6/17/2020
/ China ,
Civil Code ,
Contract Termination ,
E-Commerce ,
Environmental Policies ,
Factoring ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Foreign Investment ,
Inheritance ,
Judicial Interpretation ,
Mortgages ,
Partnerships ,
Personal Data ,
Property Management Companies ,
Sexual Harassment
Amid stark slowdown in output growth and trade disputes with U.S., PRC authorities speed up issuance of legislation to encourage investment from abroad.
Law affirms equal legal standing of foreign-backed enterprises and...more
On June 28, 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China (China) promulgated the 7th updated version of the Catalogue of Industries for...more
On November 7, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) passed the final Cybersecurity Law (CSL) after three rounds of review by the NPC since June 2015....more
12/15/2016
/ China ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Foreign Investment Entities (FIEs) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Networks ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
Publicly-Traded Companies
Under the current company registration procedures of the People’s Republic of China, before undertaking the approval and/or registration procedures for establishing a company, the investor(s) of a new company must first file...more