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ARTICLE · 25 JULY 2025

2026 Chinese Unfair Anti-Competition Law (UACL)

This is the law in China mainly protecting trade secrets and unregistered trademarks. After the last draft in December 2024, which the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) provided comments on, the final version was announced on 27 June 2025 at the link below:

ChinaAntitrust/Competition Law

This is the law in China mainly protecting trade secrets and unregistered trademarks. After the last draft in December 2024, which theIntellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)provided comments on, the final version was announced on 27 June 2025 at the link below:

https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/fl/202506/t20250627_699862.shtml

This 2026 UACL will be effective from 15 October 2025.

Comparing with the submitted comments from the IPO in January 2025 (seehttps://ipo.org/index.php/ipo-comments-to-legislative-affairs-commission-of-the-standing-committee-of-chinas-national-peoples-congress-on-draft-amendments-to-chinas-anti-unfair-competition-law/), I have the following observations (the article numbers below are those in the 2026 AUCL):

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