At a WTO meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on October 22, 2021, Japan and the U.S. put China's cybersecurity measures on the agenda. These two Members, along with Canada, Australia, and the EU, offered comments on the measures, expressing concern with the burdens they

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently issued 18 cases of local governments creating market barriers to curb competition, and stated that it will continue working with other agencies and third-parties to launch investigations to ensure the negative list system is fully implemented. The NDRC announcement, No.

On December 14, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued a notice providing more information related to the new registration requirements for companies that export food to China. The Notice, No.103 of 2021 (link in Chinese), is part of the implementation of the Provisions of the People'

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced today that 106 apps must be removed from app stores for continuing to infringe on consumer rights. Among them, 5 apps were designated by the MIIT and 101 apps were identified by provincial agencies. Additional administrative penalties may be

China is set to enforce its new rules governing import and export food safety on January 1, 2022. The Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety (进出口食品安全管理办法 [http://jckspj.customs.gov.cn/spj/zcfg18/bmgz91/3625580/index.html] ) (link

This is a guest post by Zhiguo YU, partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, fellow of Institute of International Dispute Settlement, Tsinghua University and the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law Center, and arbitrator of Tianjin Arbitration Commission. 1. INTRODUCTION Trade barrier investigations in China are designed to address

China’s Customs has announced that it will allow imports of aquatic products from Cuba, lemons from Uzbekistan, and frozen fruits from Central and Eastern European Countries. Under the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) No. 92 Notice [http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/302266/302267/4020560/index.