Huan Zhu
Chinese Anti-Monopoly Commission Issues Compliance Guide for Operators
On September 11, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council issued its
Anti-monopoly Compliance Guide for Operators (《经营者反垄断合规指南
[http://gkml.samr.gov.cn/nsjg/fldj/202009/t20200918_321796.html]》). The Guide is
an implementing document of the Anti-Monopoly Law and other relevant
regulations. It takes effect immediately.
The Guide consists
MOFCOM Issues Provisions on List of Unreliable Entities
On September 19, the Ministry of Commerce issued Decree No. 4 [2020] Provisions
on the List of Unreliable Entities (《不可靠实体清单规定》)
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/fwzl/202009/20200903002593.shtml] (“the
Provisions”), taking effect on the date of issuance.
This is part of China’s overall effort to create
Draft of Provisions on Trade Secret Protection Issued for Public Comment
On September 4, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the
Provisions on Trade Secret Protection (Draft for Comment) (《商业秘密保护规定（征求意见稿）》
[http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2020-09/04/zlk_3255345.html]), to solicit
public comments. Comments are due by October 18, 2020.
This Draft is to implement the
China Issues Adjusted Catalog of Technologies the Export of Which Is Prohibited or Restricted
On August 28, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) and the Ministry of Science
and Technology jointly issued Announcement [2020] No.38, Announcement of
Adjusting the Catalog of Technologies the Export of Which Is Prohibited or
Restricted (关于调整发布《中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录》的公告
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/xxfb/202008/20200802996641.shtml]
Information Security Technology-Security Specification for Network Data Processing (Draft for Public Comments)
On August 31, the National Information Security Standardization Technical
Committee issued the Draft of Information Security Technology-Security
Specification for Network Data Processing (《信息安全技术 网络数据处理安全规范》
[https://www.tc260.org.cn/front/postDetail.html?id=20200830094619]) for public
comments. Comments are due by October 27, 2020.
The Draft applies to network operators’
State Council Issues Policies to Promote Integrated Circuit and Software Industries
On July 27, the State Council issued the Several Policies for Promoting the
High-quality Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry and Software
Industry in the New Era (国务院关于印发新时期促进集成电路产业和软件产业高质量发展若干政策的通知
[http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2020-08/04/content_5532370.htm]). The Several
Policies put forward 37 policy measures to promote the
China's NPC Releases Draft of Data Security Law
The 20th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s
Congress released the full texts of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on
Data Security 数据安全法（草案）》 [https://finance.ifeng.com/c/7xmRiIEOTk8] for public
comments on July 3. Comments are due by August