Implementing China’s Personal Information Protection Law
On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (全国人大常务委员会) (the “Standing Committee”) issued the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (个人信息保护法) (“PIPL”), which became effective on November...
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Authenticating U.S. Documents for Use in China During COVID-19
Companies or individuals submitting U.S. issued or notarized documents to authorities in the People’s Republic of China (“China”) generally need to complete a cumbersome authentication procedure to demonstrate to authorities in China that the documents...
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China’s Evolving Personal Information Protection Rules
Since the issuance of the Cyber Security Law (网络安全法)[1] in November 2016, China’s legislature and various government departments have released numerous laws and regulations addressing the protection of personal information, many of which we have...
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China Export Controls: Did Beijing Block the TikTok Deal?
On August 28, 2020, China released an updated Catalogue of Prohibited and Restricted Export Technology (中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录) (the “Export Restrictions Catalogue”).[1] The updated Export Restrictions Catalogue includes several new items, two of which might impose a...
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China’s New Foreign Investment Law
On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress (the “NPC”) of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) passed the Foreign Investment Law (the “New FIL”). Before the New FIL’s passage, China’s government...
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China Bans Initial Coin Offerings and Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms
On September 4, 2017, the People’s Bank of China (中国人民银行), Cyberspace Administration of China (国家互联网信息办公室), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) (“MIIT”), State Administration for Industry and Commerce (国家工商总局) (“SAIC”), China Banking Regulatory Commission...
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China Further Tightens Control of Outbound Direct Investment
On September 4, 2017, the People’s Bank of China (中国人民银行), Cyberspace Administration of China (国家互联网信息办公室), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) (“MIIT”), State Administration for Industry and Commerce (国家工商总局) (“SAIC”), China Banking Regulatory Commission...
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China Releases Proposed Guidelines for Cross-Border Data Transfer Security Assessment
On May 27, 2017, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (全国信息安全标准化技术委员会) published for public comment a draft of the proposed Guidelines for Cross-Border Data Transfer Security Assessment (数据出境安全评估指南) (the “Draft Security Assessment Guidelines”). The...
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China to Strengthen the Regulatory Oversight of Cloud Services
On March 30, 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (the “MIIT”) released the Cloud Computing Three-Year Development Plan (2017-2019) (云计算发展三年行动计划 (2017-2019)) (the “Three Year Plan”) to promote the development of China’s emerging cloud...
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