27 January 2021

自2018年“合规元年”以来，“合规”一直是法律实务界热烈讨论的话题。2020年，为更好地推动民营企业依法、守规经营，在以刑事激励制度为核心的指导下，我国检察机关启动了合规不起诉制度的改革探索。

2020年中国相关的美国执法情况概要回顾与风险提示

27 January 2021

随着中美陷入“新冷战”，2020年两国的经贸关系愈渐紧张。在美国国防部“共产党中国军队公司名单”、商务部“军事终端用户清单”及“实体清单”的多重限制下，中国部分涉军企业在美融资和供应链受到了重大冲击。此外，美国司法部针对中国企业和公民“窃取美国商业秘密”行为起诉的案件在过去一年间达到了38起，多家在中国设有子公司的跨国企业在面临美国司法部和证监会的指控后支付了巨额和解金，企业合规问题令人瞩目。

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“Salvation lies within” – Compliance Inspectors instead of Prosecutors

5 January 2021

Maarten Roos Qiao Peng Emma Zhang

China is on its way to build up a “system of compliance instead of prosecution”. Earlier in 2020, the Supreme Procuratorate designated 6 district procuratorates (including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Jiangsu Province and Shandong Province) to implement trial practices imposing compliance requirements as rectification on suspected private companies (vis-à-vis state-owned companies), refraining from approving arrests, charges or enforce substantial punishments on cooperative suspects meeting the set requirements.

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Brands Impacted by New Rules for Compliance of Promotional Sales Activities

5 January 2021

Maarten Roos Qiao Peng Emma Zhang

Special sales promotions such as “6.18” and “Double Eleven” have shown to be a very successful to encourage consumption on e-commerce platforms, and so it is not surprising that sales promotions have become an important means for international and domestic brands to expand sales in the Chinese market.

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