On 7 September 2026, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued the Opinions on Adjudicating Disputes Involving Artificial Intelligence in Accordance with Law (Fa Fa [2026] No. 10). The 24-provision document is the SPC’s first set of adjudication guidance dedicated to AI disputes. In the absence of a standalone AI law in China, the Opinions provide more specific guidance on how existing laws - including the Civil Code, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Anti-Unfair Competition Law and Personal Information Protection Law - should be applied to AI-related disputes.
For overseas companies, rights holders and applicants engaged in AI research and development, product deployment, content generation, open-source software or data-related business in China, the following IP issues are particularly relevant:
