The PRC State Council promulgated the Regulations on Outbound Investment (Regulations) on 1 June 2026, with the rules taking effect on 1 July 2026. The Regulations do not dismantle the existing framework, but they expand its reach, embed national security review as a standalone mechanism, extend liability to individuals...

Congress and the Administration are rapidly escalating scrutiny of China-linked biotechnology operations through new legislation targeting patents, investments, and procurement.

On March 13, 2025, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), introduced the Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act, intended to curb outbound US investment in critical technologies...

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) is an electronic form of currency and developed by the government to supplement traditional fiat money such as backnotes and coins.

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress promulgated the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China (ECL or the Law) on October 17, 2020.

Recent background of Didi's probe makes the revision of Cybersecurity Review Measures very eye-catching.

The Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews was revised by 12 Ministries on 28 December 2021 and comes into effect on 15 February 2022.

Meta's acquisition of Manus has sparked intense debate over compliance with China's foreign investment security review regime. This analysis examines how the transaction's structure—involving the transfer of AI business assets from China to an offshore jurisdiction before sale to Meta—falls within the scope of China's security review requirements.

The US and China have agreed to hold their 12th round of trade negotiations in Shanghai beginning July 30.

China has issued for public comment draft standard-like guidelines to govern cross-border data flows to further implement China's heightened concern over national security and cybersecurity...

The Background: China has been developing a comprehensive regulatory system to address the protection and processing of different types of data with an increased focus on national security.

China's 13th National People's Congress (NPC) convened for its Third Plenum in Beijing alongside the advisory Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the annual...

On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, H.R. 6256 (Public Law No. 117-78) ( the "Act"), which is part of a concerted U.S. government effort...

China has issued sweeping new regulations that directly challenge Western sanctions, export controls, and forced-labor compliance regimes, creating structural conflicts for multinational companies operating across jurisdictions. These measures authorize investigations, countermeasures, and a "malicious entity list" targeting foreign actors and their advisers who comply with extraterritorial rules deemed improper by Beijing. The regulations carry material personal exposure for executives, compliance staff, a

The Standing Committee of the PRC National People's Congress passed a new Anti-Terrorism Law on December 27, 2015, which took effect on January 01, 2016.

Regardless of the outcome of the trade war, China is likely to further loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the TMT sector

On July 9th, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force ("FLETF"), released its 2024 Updates to the Strategy to Prevent the Importation...

Following Didi, on 5th July 2021, three more apps were announced to be investigated for cybersecurity review and suspended from new user registration.

China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") jointly promulgated the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment...

Since the Trump Administration announced its tariffs on Chinese goods, the US-China trade war has continued to escalate and create uncertainty for many US, Chinese and other international companies.