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On September 1st ,2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopted the Law of the People's Republic of China on Immunity of Foreign States (hereinafter referred to as the "Immunity Law"), which will come into force as on January 1st ,2024. As the first law in Chinese history to comprehensively stipulate the system of foreign state immunity, the Immunity Law marks that China has from the policy of...
On 30 June 2023, the first ad hoc arbitration case in which the China Maritime Arbitration Commission ("CMAC") provided the necessary administrative services as an appointing authority was successfully concluded and the desensitised award has been made public as agreed by the parties.As the first case in China to apply the China Maritime Law Association Provisional Arbitration Rules (hereinafter referred to as the "CMLA Provisional Arbitration Rules"), the validity of the provisional arbitration clause has attracted much attention. The Arbitration Tribunal, starting from the nature of the dispute involving Hong Kong, based on the fact that the parties had not explicitly agreed on the place ...
Recently, Liao Tao, deputy director of the NIPA carried out research on trademark law its implementing regulations, during which held a seminar, and went to the Central University of Finance and Economics, the All-China Lawyers Association, Chongqing Municipal field visits and talks and exchanges, listen to the relevant person in charge of local Intellectual Property Office, experts, scholars, enterprises and representatives of intellectual property agency's views and suggestions.Liao Tao stated that amending the Trademark Law is an important ...
On 21 July, the National Health Commission and ten other departments jointly deployed a one-year centralized rectification of corruption in the national pharmaceutical field to carry out a whole-field, whole-chain and whole-coverage systematic governance. In the meantime, the pharmaceutical anti-corruption affected a number of pharmaceutical companies, pushing sales with kickbacks to the forefront of the debate once again. The pharmaceutical anti-corruption campaign will focus on healthcare, involving purchase and sales of drugs and medical devices ...
As one of the first qualified arbitration institutions under the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong") (hereinafter referred to as "Arrangement Concerning Interim Measures"), The Hong Kong Branch of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Arbitration Centre) (hereinafter referred to as "CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Centre") has recently transmitted to the Mainland People's Court, pursuant to the Arrangement Concerning Interim Measures, the first application for preservation of property filed by the parties involved in a foreign arbitration case administered by CIETAC in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of CIETAC...