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ARTICLE · 21 DECEMBER 2017

A Breakthrough Provision Against Commercial Bribery

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On November 4, 2017, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopted a revision to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2017 Anti-Unfair Competition Law).

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Claire Gu
Claire Gu

On November 4, 2017, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopted a revision to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2017 Anti-Unfair Competition Law). The 2017 statute has already been reviewed three times, and is set to come into effect on January 1st, 2018.

After 24 years of theoretical research and practical operations, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law promulgated and implemented in 1993 have been drastically amended and improved to better fit modern practices.

Amongst all the revisions, the addition of commercial briberyis one of the major changes that the 2017 Anti-Unfair Competition Law has brought.

1. Expansion of the Scope of Commercial Bribery

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