China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) recently issued the provisional rules for gene-edited plants for agricultural purposes. In addition, the MARA finalized some changes to regulations governing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). These changes have been seen as signs of China moving closer to allowing commercial production

As China moves to strict regulatory rules on bitcoin, Chinese courts are finding bitcoin-related contracts and transactions illegal. This posts summarizes some of the court rulings and related legal bases for these decisions.

China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao recently wrote an article emphasizing the importance of opening up and international cooperation. He also said China will push for fully opening the agriculture and manufacturing sectors and gradually opening telecommunications and medical care.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on January 13 that foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland reached a record high of 1.15 trillion yuan ($173.48 billion) last year, and promised efforts to attract more FDI in the new year. How effective such efforts will be depends in

On January 14, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) released its trade data for 2021. China's total trade in 2021 reached a record high 6.05 trillion USD, while its trade surplus also broke the record and amounted to $676.4 billion USD. Along with the

According to China's Customs agency, China is suspending imports of poultry products from Slovenia and cloven hoofed animal products from Palestine, citing sanitary concerns.

On January 6, China's Ministry of Commerce issued its final anti-dumping and countervailing duty rulings on polyphenylene ether / polyphenylene oxide originating from the United States. In these final rulings, the anti-dumping duties remained about the same as in the preliminary ruling, but the countervailing duties fell considerably and