The so-called China Blocking Rules, effective on January 9, 2021 and issued by China MOFCOM through its No. 1 Order of 2021, are departmental rules, but with the huge potential impact on Chinese companies complying with foreign economic san...

In late May 2019, the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) announced that China will establish a system of Unreliable Entity List (“UEL”). One year and four months later, MOFCOM formally promulgated the Provisions on Unreliable Entity L...

China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) and Ministry of Science and Technology (“MOST”) amended   China’s Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export   (《中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录》，“Catalogue”) on August 28...

I. Overview   Equity option rights (hereinafter “EOR”) refer to the rights granted by the company to the grantee, that is, the beneficiaries of EOR, to purchase stocks/shares at the agreed price and quantity at the agreed time after autho...

Summary   The Draft of Export Control Law for the second reading (the “2nd Reading Draft”) by the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) maintains the scheme of Controlled Name List for those importers and end-users (“Controlled Names”) ...

The Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland & of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“the Arrangement”) has come into force since Oct...