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China’s 14th Five-Year Plan:
Signposts for Doing Business in China
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) approved the outline of the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan, covering the period 2021-2025. The plan’s economic and social development targets provide critical signposts that companies—both foreign and domestic—would be wise to heed when determining their own plans for the coming months and years in the Chinese market.
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Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: More China-Related Measures on the Horizon
On March 7, 2023, during the annual National People’s Congress (“NPC”) sessions, China’s State Council revealed its plan to establish a National Data Bureau (NDB) as part of a broader reorganization of government agencies.
China Reveals Plan to Establish a National
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On April 11, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released draft Administrative
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China Proposes Draft Measures to Regulate Generative AI
On June 8, 2022, China’s National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”) issued the Rules on the Administration of Vaccine Manufacturing and Distribution (“RAVMD”), a new implementing regulation for the Vaccine Administration Law (“VAL”).
China Issues Rules on Vaccine Manufacturing and Distribution
On August 31, 2022, one day before the Measures for Security Assessment of Cross-border Data Transfer (“Measures”) were scheduled to take effect, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released a first edition of its guidance on how organizations should complete the security assessment application (“CAC Guidance”).
China Finalizes Standard Contract for Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Information
Recently, the House of Representatives formally established the new “Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party,” with a bipartisan vote of 365-65.
Preparing for Investigations by the New House Select Committee on China
On March 23, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its decision to reinstate through December 31, 2022, 352 previously granted exclusions from tariffs imposed on Chinese imports under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301 Tariffs”).
USTR Reinstates Limited Exclusions from Tariffs on Chinese Imports
On May 3, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it is initiating a statutory four-year review of necessity for the tariffs imposed on Chinese imports under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301 Tariffs”).
USTR Initiates
Four-Year Review of Necessity for Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Imports
