China to build unified national market to deepen reform

China issued a guideline on building a unified national market to break local protection and facilitate smooth economic circulation. The unified national market is expected to improve the efficiency of and expand the scale of China's domestic market, according to the guideline. Building a

unified national market is important to further consolidate the smooth circulation of the domestic economic system, said Guo Liyan, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Macro-economic Research. The unified national market will stimulate and cultivate the potential of the domestic market to respond to uncertainty beyond China, said Guo. According to the guideline, China will unify basic systems in terms of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, market access, fair competition and social credit. Promoting fair and unified market supervision is also an effective way to remove local protection and regional barriers in order to build a unified national market, said the guideline...

SPC adopts amended judicial interpretation of Civil Procedure Law

The Decision on Amending the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted by the SPC's Judicial Committee at its No. 1866 plenary meeting on March 22. it has come

into force on April 10. The Decision on Amending the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted at the 32nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on Dec 24, 2021, which revised provisions on the judicial confirmation procedure, summary procedure, small claims procedure, sole appointment procedure, online litigation and services and added seven new articles. In the following month, the SPC amended its interpretation accordingly when a total of 16 revisions were made...

Top court details 10 major cases of seed fraud

China's top court pledged to strengthen intellectual property protection in the seed industry and associated sectors to ensure food safety and promote innovation. The Supreme People's Court gave details of 10 important IPR cases involving seeds, two of which were criminal

cases, demonstrating the judiciary's determination to protect IPR and punish seed-related IPR violations. In one of the cases, for example, three people were fined and given sentences ranging from 30 to 34 months for selling fake seeds by a court in Central China's Henan province. The SPC said that the three defendants had benefited from selling fake pea seeds to five farmers between October and November 2019, causing financial losses of more than 140,000 yuan ($22,040)...

Beijing passes intellectual property rights protection regulations

A new set of Beijing Intellectual Property Rights Protection Regula-tions was passed during the city's legislative session. The regulations will come into effect on July 1. According to the regulations, city authorities will support the intellectual property (IP) rights protection of

strategic emerging industries, such as new materials, new energy, and aerospace. These industries will enjoy accelerated review of their IP. Beijing will also support enterprises, universities, and research institutions to explore IP management and protection in the fields of mobile internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and other new technologies and new types of business, according to the regulations. The regulations also set the responsibilities of protecting IP upon internet service providers, requiring them to enact protocols to prevent and address IP infringement...