China Law Deskbook Legal Update – September/October 2013

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Sept. 19 – Jim Zimmerman, the China managing partner of U.S. law firm Sheppard Mullin, is a good friend of China Briefing and is also both the Chairman Emeritus of AmCham China and the author of the China Law Deskbook – considered by many to be the bible of China law. Jim has recently introduced a regular update service to the China Law Deskbook and has kindly given permission for China Briefing to host it here.

Entitled “News and Views from Beijing,” the new September/October 2013 issue is available as a complimentary PDF download by clicking here, and contains details of new laws, regulations, and policy trends.

Included in this issue are Jim’s comments on the following new laws, regulations and policy trends:

  • NPC promulgates a new Trademark Law
  • CBRC issues new guidelines to enhance consumer protection rights and obligations for financial institutions
  • SPP issues circular to prevent wrongful and unjust judicial decisions
  • Multiple government agencies issue a policy statement calling for affirmative action in the employment of the disabled
  • CSRC and SASAC issue policy guidelines to better supervise horizontal competition between SOEs and their public holding companies
  • MOFCOM releases a policy statement for improving domestic and export e-commerce transactions

Readers wishing to purchase the China Law Deskbook may visit the site here.

We are grateful to Jim for permitting us to reproduce the original content for the benefit of our readers.