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According to the official website of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Japan and Greece have officially become countries of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (hereinafter referred to as the "Model Law").The Model Law was formulated under the auspices of the UNCITRAL in 1985. The Model Law is not enforceable and is intended to serve as a reference for Member States in the formulation of their national laws. Up to date, 87 countries and 120 jurisdictions have based their legislation or amended their arbitration laws on the Model Law.The Model Law is designed to assist States in reforming and modernizing their laws on arbitral procedure so as to take into account the particular features and needs of international commercial arbitration. It covers all stages of the arbitral ...
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 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 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 ...