Research Articles

China is promoting domestic innovation and self sufficiency in the technology sector. Despite a focus on domestic capacity,...
There are no legal repercussions for a genocide designation under US law, though it intensifies reputational risk and could...
The EU-China investment deal introduces modest market access improvements for cloud computing. Several other commitments,...
On January 9, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-territorial Application...
China’s most recent economic policy meeting proposed eight key missions for the next year, focusing on national technological...
  Companies report that implementing measures released since the law went into effect have made the ecommerce regulatory...
Companies generally agree that the IP commitments included in the Phase One agreement are a step in the right direction. Some...
The agreement includes considerable positive developments on issues concerning financial services, agriculture, and...
While the new blueprint serves as a supplement to MIC 2025, the target goals are different from those of the original policy...
President Xi recently pledged improvements to market access, IP protection, competitive markets, and monetary policy among...
China recently made a series of regulatory changes that took immediate effect and address US technology transfer concerns,...
Recent developments, such as the incorporation of the State Council Legislative Affairs Office into the Ministry of Justice,...
The 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) kicks-off in Beijing on March 5. Convening just after trade negotiations were...
In meetings over the past week, the US-China Business Council (USCBC) met in Beijing and Shanghai with senior representatives...
China will implement an intellectual property court of appeals on January 1. Decisions appealed to IP courts are currently...
Following Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s meeting at the G20, China’s government appeared to address key US...
Various efforts are underway to preserve the WTO by reforming it, but none yet have backing from both China and the United...
The 13th Five-Year Plan called for the yuan to be fully convertible by 2020. Such a move would increase liquidity and allow...
On September 7, the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), China’s constitutional authority, released its...
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) is approaching a May 21 deadline to update President Donald Trump on its World...
China’s central bank president, Yi Gang, once again reiterated China’s commitments to reform and opening while in Washington...
With the United States’ Section 301 investigation into Chinese technology transfer and recent ban cutting Chinese...
The General Office of the State Council’s legislative work plan for 2018 indicates that several policies affecting foreign...
China’s moves, including environmental shutdowns, to cut production capacity have reduced supply, raised prices, and in some...
Recent rebukes from Chinese regulators have prompted a review of corporate websites to ensure the classification of place names...
Since its inception in late 2015, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court’s (BIPC) pilot program to build an IP case system in...
The State Council’s recently released interim measures for fair competition review appear to be a positive step toward...
The third draft of China’s Standardization Law could create a barrier for foreign companies trying to market or manufacture...
USCBC’s comparative chart of China’s new and past foreign investment catalogues demonstrates that the new Catalogue Guiding...
Local governments are encouraging the establishment of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations within some multinational...