China’s amendments to its Anti-monopoly Law On 24th June 2022, China’s amended Anti-monopoly Law (AML) was adopted (after more than two years in the making), and took effect on 1st August 2022. This is a notable landmark for the legal sector, as it is the first amendme...
China is now the world's fastest-growing major economy, according to the World Bank, counting a gross domestic product that in 2021 increased by 8.1% compared to the 2020, accelerating from the growth rate of 2.2%. Its rapid rise of China is the result of a precise leadership choice that in recent years has aimed to encourage investm...
With the recent conclusion of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games further showcasing the attractiveness and unifying quality sport can have across nations, witnessing the hosts hand the flag over to their European counterparts for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, with the motto of "Duality, Together", very fitting for the sporting sp...
Covering an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers, China is the world's third largest country, along with world’s biggest population, 1.4 billion. China is so big that the gaps among different places across China are so wide that it is often said that one province in China is like equivalent to a country in Europe (Ch...
China’s COVID Policy & Integration It would be remiss not to mention that as of March 21st, 2022, the Chinese Mainland has been experiencing a considerable spike in COVID-19 infections (although official figures are still considerably lower than in other countries throughout...
Introduction Data and privacy protection have been some of the most uniquely modern and rapidly evolving global concerns of the 21st Century. Equally sharing this common concern, China is placing a focal point of the government's work in establishing a uniform and comprehensive cybersecurity policy for...
Introduction Achieving carbon neutrality in recent years has become a key policy objective for the Chinese government and has been taking shape in the form a series of domestic policy shifts, yet the path to carbon neutrality remains riddled with obstacles. Within this context, the European Chamber of Commerce in ...
China’s reliance on SOEs continues despite reform commitments When contemplating the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which brought about much publicised and historical changes to the Chinese economy amid domestic political reforms, it would be remiss no...
Obligations under the Personal Information Protection Law The second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL or the Draft) period for public consultation is now closed. With personal information data increasingly a hot button topic globally amid cybersecurity investigations into popular apps...
Geo-political tensions, strong policy moves and a global pandemic have given rise to shifts in the private equity (PE) market in China for foreign investors, with industry sources reporting a steady decline in new international investors or even divestiture of China holdings. However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. In t...
