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(adopted on August 29, 1995) (amended on April 29, 2000) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of preventing and controlling atmospheric pollution, protecting and improving people’s environment and the ecological environment, safeguarding human health, and promoting the sustainable development of economy and society. Article 2 The […]
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Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (adopted on December 26, 1989) CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. This Law is formulated for the purpose of protecting and improving people’s environment and the ecological environment, preventing and controlling pollution and other public hazards, safeguarding human health and facilitating the development of socialist […]
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Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution 1996-05-15 From: The National People’s Congress Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II Establishment of Water Environment Quality Standards and Pollutant Discharge Standards Chapter III Supervision and Management of the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Chapter IV Prevention of […]
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DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ORDER NO. 61 (adopted on January 21, l988) Water Law of the People’s Republic of China was adopted at the Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People’s Congress on January 21, l988, and is hereby made public and effective […]
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Law of the People’s Republic of China on Conserving Energy (adopted on November 1, 1997) (Adopted at the 28th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on November 1, 1997) CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to promote energy conservation by all sectors […]
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On 18 September 2008, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released the PRC Labour Contract Law Implementation Rules. Following the publication of a draft version in July, there has been widespread speculation that these Rules might be used to address what PRC employers have perceived as excesses in the ‘employee-friendly’ regime […]
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The government of China has just made public the draft text of its proposed new patent law amendment. This is the third time that China is changing the law since it came into force in 1984. The amendments are meant to bring the country further into compliance with the World Trade Organisation’s agreement on Trade […]
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On 30 August 2007, after more than a decade of legislative efforts, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, completed its third official reading of the draft Anti-monopoly Law (AML) and formally adopted it as the country’s first comprehensive competition law. The AML will become effective on 1 August 2008. […]
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Around 4,000 trade fairs take place in Mainland China every year with Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou being the most important locations, followed by Dalian, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. One of the main concerns many foreign investors have when approaching the Chinese trade fair circuit is how to protect ones intellectual property while at a fair. The […]