By Mark Schaub, Serena Guo KWM Overseas Office

A number of offices operated by international organizations in China have been recently visited by the Ministry of Public Security or its local bureaus (“PSB”) officers for operating in a non-compliant manner. Such organizations have been urged by the PSB to establish NGO Representative Offices if they wish to operate in China long term.
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Written by: Sandra Link, Mark Schaub KWM overseas office

What is GSCA?

GSCA requires German companies to analyze and report compliance with certain human rights and environmental standards along their supply chain.

GSCA does not intend to implement German social standards world-wide but aims to ensure compliance within the supply chain with minimum international standards (i.e. no child labor or forced labor or meeting basic environmental protection requirements).
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For the preparation patent and the use patent cases, decisions have demonstrated the idea of conducting examination based on comprehensive consideration of the background of the invention and the prior art market situation of related products, which is more grounded and reflects the legislative purpose of the patent law to promote scientific and technological progress and innovation.
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Since the introduction of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, a series of supporting policies and initiatives have been rolled out to boost the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), one of the most open and economically dynamic regions in China nowadays.
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As a “fundamental law” in the field of data security and an “important law” in the field of national security in China[3], the Data Security Law positively responds to the key issues of data competition and protection around the world, and provides guidance to enterprises for data compliance and even data assetization management and development.
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This article will analyze the key issues at the practical level from the perspective of enterprises and put forward suggestions for compliance accordingly.
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By Mark Schaub and Tom Shi, King Wood & Mallesons

The Regulations on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion of Privately-run Schools (2021 Revision) (“Regulation”) will be effective from 1st of September 2021. The Regulations provide supporting measures to Chinese private schools including financial subsidies, tax incentives and security in respect of land but this comes with greater scrutiny and limits on their operations.

The Regulations also intend to tighten rules on compulsory education and explicitly ban VIE (Variable Interest Entity) structure. Most British schools with a presence in China do so by way of a licensing model. The Regulations will have less of a direct impact on such British schools.
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