After 24 years of implementation of the Anti-Unfair Competition
Law (hereinafter referred to as "Existing law"), the
first amendment to the Existing law has been passed by the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress. The new law will
come into force on January 1, 2018.
There are three motives of this amendment: the first is that new
unfair competition behaviors arise already which the Existing law
did not enumerate, or even though had enumerated, the
characteristics of the relevant behaviors have changed; such
behaviors need to be supplemented or regulated in the revision law.
The second is to perfect the legal liability system for unfair
competition, strengthen the compensation for civil damages, and
improve administrative investigation and punishment
measures/procedures against unfair competition. The third, there
have been certain overlapping or even inconsistent contents between
the Existing law and other newly enacted laws, which calls for
