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In April 2022, Baidu Tieba, Weibo, TikTok and many other online platforms have added the display IP address bar, which reveals a veil of Internet users. Shortly thereafter, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the ” Administrative Provisions on the Account Information of Internet Users ” (hereinafter referred to as the “Provisions”) on June 27, 2022, which has come into force on August 1. The regulations clarify the registration, use and management rules of user’s account from the two dimensions of Internet information service providers and users. It is worth noting that, for enterprises, in the event of an online…

The “Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfers” (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”) has been promulgated on May 19, 2022, and will come into force on Sep. 1, 2022. Foreign invested enterprises exchanges data with overseas affiliates occasionally, so it is highly recommended to pay attention to relevant requirements as stipulated in the “Measures”. The following is a brief introduction to the main provisions of the “Measures”. Evaluation object Article 2 of the “Measures” stipulates that this “Measures” applies to the security assessment of critical data and personal information collected and generated by a data processor in its operation…

On April 25, 2022, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the “Notice for adjusting the unemployment insurance to stabilize posts and improving work skills to prevent unemployment” (Ren She Bu Fa [2022] No.23, hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), which involves many favorable policies for enterprises. Refund of unemployment insurance premiums The “Notice” stipulates that unemployment insurance premiums can be refunded in different proportions according to the size of the enterprise and the rate of layoffs. The premise of the refund is that the insured enterprise…

Regarding the amendment to the “Civil Procedure Law” on 24 December, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court released the “Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law” (2022 Amendment) on 1 April, 2022, which has come into force from 10 April, 2022. Compared with the previous version in 2020, the “2022 Amendment” has amended 13 provisions, and deleted 2 provisions. Hereinafter we would like to introduce those provisions that enterprises might be involved. The period of summary procedure trial after extension shall not exceed four months cumulatively. Article 258 of “2022 Amendment” stipulated that, “as…