• SPC gives interview on work report

    2018-03-19

    The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) gave a multimedia interview on March 9, highlighting the achievements of people’s courts all over the country based on the latest SPC work report.

  • New law lights blind masseurs’ career path

    2018-03-08

    Li Chunnan is in his 50s but he has yet to fulfill his dream of working as a medical masseur in the Chinese capital. Li’s inability to advance in his career isn’t because the man is unqualified – with 30 years of experience in the industry, he is licensed and has already passed many professional exams – but because he is visually impaired.

  • China's Legal System

    2018-03-05

    China's legal system covers laws that fall under seven categories and three different levels. The seven categories are the Constitution and Constitution-related, civil and commercial, administrative, economic, social, and criminal laws and the law on lawsuit and non-lawsuit procedures. The three different levels are state laws, administrative regulations and local statutes.

  • Cultural laws in focus

    2018-03-04

    China's legislation on culture is in the fast lane. The past two years have seen a slew of new laws and regulations being introduced and coming into effect, including the Film Industry Promotion Law, the Public Cultural Service Guarantee Law and the Public Library Law.

  • 2 new environmental laws to go into effect in 2018

    2018-01-01

    China will enact two new environmental protection laws at the start of 2018 -- one to formalize the emissions discharge fee into a tax collected from industrial polluters, and the other to combat water pollution more effectively.

  • China's top court vows to step up IPR protection

    2018-03-01

    China's top court pledged on Feb 28 to increase efforts to tackle intellectual property rights infringements, after the central government unveiled guidelines on IPR protection.