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On December 17, the signing ceremony of the "Memorandum on Establishing an Out-of-Court Restructuring Collaboration and Mechanism for Connecting Bankruptcy-Related Disputes with Arbitration" (hereinafter referred to as the "Memorandum") and the symposium on optimizing the business environment through the rule of law was successfully held at the Shanghai International Dispute Resolution Center. The event was co-hosted by the Shanghai International Trade Promotion Committee and the Shanghai Third Intermediate People's Court, and organized ...

On March 17, 2025, the Shanghai Maritime Court concluded a highly watched case concerning an application to confirm the validity of an ad hoc arbitration agreement. This case marks the first judicial precedent on the validity of an ad hoc arbitration agreement since the implementation of the Regulations on Promoting the Establishment of an International Commercial Arbitration Center in Shanghai (hereinafter referred to as the "Arbitration Regulations").The dispute arose between two companies registered in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Lingang New Area over transportation costs incurred during the importation of goods. In November 2024, the parties entered into an Ad...

information processing, safety control, and other products for new energy storage systems. It primarily focuses on new battery technologies and other energy storage products, as well as various advanced energy storage technologies. This also includes power management chips, power electronic devices, thermal management, and energy control systems. As an emerging field within the electronics and information manufacturing industry, the new energy storage manufacturing sector is a vital part of the modern industrial system.The "Action Plan" consists of 22 ...

In this case, the plaintiff, a certain company in Anhui (hereinafter referred to as "Anhui Company"), holds the exclusive implementation right for the "Huaimai 44" wheat plant variety within Anhui Province. Between 2019 and 2020, the plaintiff entrusted the defendant, Lixin County Guang Company, with seed production. Subsequently, the plaintiff further authorized the defendant to sell propagation materials using packaging bags provided by the plaintiff, which were labeled with the variety name, and collected variety right usage fees and packaging bag usage fees...

The Opinions propose 98 policy measures across six key areas: general requirements, strengthening judicial protection of scientific and technological innovation outcomes, protecting innovation entities, safeguarding innovation activities, fostering a legalized and internationalized market environment for scientific and technological innovation, and establishing judicial protection systems and mechanisms. These measures span the three major domains of criminal, civil, and administrative law.In terms of strengthening judicial protection of scientific and...