Principally China’s legislation covers fundamental law, basic law and general law, issued by the National People’s Congress, administrative regulations, issued by the State Council.
China Legislation & Regulations System
Effective Laws-by January, 2021
Contact us for complete catalog of current effective laws of China-274 in total
Patent Law-revised Oct, 2020
- For punitive damages, the compensation for intentional infringement of patent rights shall be one to five times according to the loss suffered by the obligee, the interests obtained by the infringer or the patent license fee; meanwhile, the statutory compensation shall be increased to more than 30000 yuan and less than 5000000 yuan
- New drug patent dispute early settlement mechanism, drug patent term compensation provisions are added
- A new patent open license system is introduced, which stipulates the declaration of open license and the procedural requirements for its entry into force, the procedures and rights and obligations for the licensee to obtain the open license
Export control law- Oct, 2020
- The export control law consists of five chapters and 49 articles, which are detailed in terms of control policies, control lists and control measures, supervision and management, and legal responsibilities. It will come into force on December 1, 2020.
- Up to now, China has six administrative regulations on export control, including the regulations on the administration of controlled chemicals, the regulations on the control of nuclear exports, the regulations on the administration of military exports, the regulations on the export control of dual-purpose nuclear products and related technologies, the regulations on the export control of missiles and related items and technologies, and the regulations on the export control of dual-use biological agents and related equipment and technologies
Civil law-2020
Land Administration Law-2019
Urban Real Estate Administration Law-2019
Drug management law 2019
Real estate management law 2019
Land management law 2019
Trademark Law 2019
Construction Law 2019
Electronic Signature Law 2019
Administrative License Law 2019
Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law-Jan.2019
E-Commerce Law--Jan.2019
Enterprise Income Tax Law -2018
Electric Power Law-2018
Product Quality Law-2018 Amendment
Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection -2018
Labor Law -2018
Law on Prevention and Control of Pollution from Environmental Noise-2018
Food Safety Law -2018
Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law -2018
Energy Conservation Law -2018
Environmental Protection Tax Law-Oct.2018
Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law -Oct.2018
Circular Economy Promotion Law -Oct.2018
Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection -2018
Social Insurance Law-2018
Law on Ports-2018
Civil Aviation Law-2018
Electric Power Law-2018
Law on Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization-2018
Frontier Health and Quarantine Law-2018
Company Law-2018
Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law-2018
Vessel Tonnage Tax Law-2018
Law on Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures 2017
Bidding Law-2017
the Metrology Law-2017
Standardization Law-2017
Customs Law-2017
the Enterprise Income Tax Law-2017
Law on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures -2017
the Marine Environment Protection Law-2016
Film Industry Promotion Law-2016
Foreign Trade Law-2016
Maritime Traffic Safety Law-2016
Law on Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises-2016
Law on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures-2016
Law on Commercial Banks-2015
the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law-2015
the Electronic Signature Law-2015
the Postal Law-2015
the Railway Law-2015
the Notary Law-2015
Auction Law-2015
Agriculture Law-2012
the Lawyers Law-2012
Law on the Popularization of Agricultural Technology-2012
the Road Traffic Safety Law-2011
the Individual Income Tax Law-2011
the Construction Law-2011
the Copyright Law-2010
the Renewable Energy Law-2009
Mineral Resources Law-2009
Forest Law-2009
Law of Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People-2009
Law on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine-2009
Patent Law-2008
Law on the State-Owned Assets of Enterprises-2008
Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law-2007
Anti-Monopoly Law-2007
the Banking Supervision Law-2006
Partnership Enterprise Law-2006
the Law on Commercial Banks-2004
Law of on the People’s Bank of China-2004
the Seed Law-2004
the Securities Law-2004
the Insurance Law-2002
the Copyright Law-2001
Trust Law-2001
the Law on Foreign-funded Enterprises-2000
the Law on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures-2000
Law on Individual Proprietorship Enterprises-2000
Contract Law-1999
Price Law-1998
Tax Collection Administration Law-1995
Authoritative Interpretation
Legal and Regulatory Basis for Implementing Administrative Compulsory Measures of SAMR
SAMR Authorized explanation: E-Commerce Law
Adjustment
Trial adjustment of law application in pilot Free Trade Zone-Oct.2019
Beijing adjusts administrative regulations implementation temporarily-Nov.2019