To paraphrase the Bard: “A rose by any other name smells just as sweet”. Can the same comparison be said for what was SIPO arguably the world’s most prolific patent office, serving one-sixth humanity, and representing/manifesting/protecting innovation in the world’s second largest economy? We shall see, time will tell. This is a sign, Made in …
Legislation is an important function and power and a major task of the NPC and its Standing Committee. The Standing Committee has given top priority to improving the quality of legislation, highlighted legislative priorities, accelerated the pace of legislative work, and improved the mechanisms for and effectiveness of legislation. The Standing Committee of the National …
China’s NPC Increases Role in Drafting Legislation Read More »
We can see that the 12th NPC and its standing committee have received great achievements. For the past five years, the 12th NPC and its standing committee enacted laws 25 pieces, revised 127 laws, passed the relevant legal issues and the decision of the major issues in 46 times, 9 pieces legal explanations, large quantity …
Report on Achievements of Goals set by 12th National Congress Read More »
Most people renting houses and living in big Chinese cities feel that the current rents are too high to afford. Indeed, rent in big cities usually will cost at least 50% of the after-tax wages eared each month. According to relevant custom international, the rental/sale price ratio will be used to measure the real estate …
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The Chairman of the Central Military Commission is responsible to the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee. The main contents and ideas of the Central Military Chairman Responsibility System are that the national armed forces are led and commanded by the chairman of the Central Military Commission, all major issues concerning national defense and …
Introducing the Chairman Responsibility System of the Central Military Commission Read More »
Market players in commercial promotion may broadly employ characters besides pictures, images, etc. To attract consumers the designer, prefer to make some design to the character rather than using the ordinary fonts to make it look more pleasant and eye-catching. Could such design to characters be protected by copyright law in China? According to the …
Does a character can be protected under copyright in China? Read More »
Many foreign firms have big concern over filing a lawsuit or responding to a lawsuit filed by a Chinese firm with a China court, worrying being China court will favor for the Chinese party and being treated unfairly. Are there any grounds for such worry? We cannot see the bias China courts hold to foreigners …
Article 5 of the Nationality Law of PRC (“Nationality Law”) provides that “any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese citizens or either one of whose parents is a Chinese citizen shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese citizens and have both settled abroad, or either one of whose …
The Slayer rule, in the common law of inheritance, is a doctrine that prohibits inheritance by a person who murders someone from whom he or she stands to inherit. In calculating inheritance of the decedent’s estate, the effect of the slayer rule would be treated as though he or she had predeceased the person who …
Do China’s Inheritance laws include a slayer rule? Read More »
As foreign investors doing business in China, you may be not aware of the situation that some of your China-based business transaction may face a living nightmare of mandatory investigations by Chinese financial institutions under certain circumstances. Trying to avoid such investigations? Firstly, you will have to get some ideas about under which circumstances your …
