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The global legal services market has been predicted to grow to USD 1,311.63 billion by 2031, with the fastest-growing regions being South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe and it is estimated that their compound annual growth rates will range from 11.1% to 8.9%. What are the implications of these predictions for lawyers and rule-of-law developments in China?Read more

Guiding Case No. 196: Supreme People’s Court Adopts a Liberal Approach to Arbitration While Leaving Room for Unexplored Situations

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Guiding Case No. 196 (“GC196”) holds that, under Chinese law, an agreement to arbitrate is independently enforceable, even if the agreement was intended to be part of a larger contract that never fully formed. Through a comparison of GC196 with U.S. law, Tyler Atkinson explains why GC196 shows that Chinese law is arguably more favorable to arbitration than the law of the United States, a jurisdiction that, itself, strongly favors arbitration. He also shares practical insights about what companies affected by GC196 should do to avoid the risk of being forced into arbitration.Read more

Guiding Case No. 196: Supreme People’s Court Adopts a Liberal Approach to Arbitration While Leaving Room for Unexplored Situations

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指导案例196号判定，根据中国法，仲裁协议可以独立执行，即使协议双方有意让协议成为更大合同的一部分，而该合同从未完全成立。通过对指导案例196号和美国法作出的比较，Tyler Atkinson（艾泰乐）解释了为什么该案例显示出中国法可以说是比美国法更有利于仲裁，而美国本身就已经强烈地偏重仲裁。他还分享了实用见解，指出受指导案例196号影响的公司应采取哪些措施来避免被迫进入仲裁的风险。Read more

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早在人工智能聊天机器人出现之前，中国就优先发展人工智能，促使开创性立法的颁布，推动外商投资。运用类似的长期规划技巧，中国多年前就开始重振古丝绸之路东端西安的辉煌。采取的举措包括提高了该市解决法律纠纷的能力，以处理“一带一路”倡议所引起的法律纠纷。西安最近举办了中国–中亚峰会，这标志着该市有潜力再次促进该地区的经济发展。这些成就是相当了不起的。中国是如何走到这一步的，并且这可能会通向何方？Read more

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Long before the emergence of AI chatbots, China had already prioritized the development of AI, resulting in the promulgation of pioneering legislation to boost foreign investment. Applying similar long-term planning skills, China began years ago to revive the glory of Xi’an, the eastern terminus of the ancient Silk Road, by enhancing the city’s capacity to resolve legal disputes arising from China’s current Belt and Road Initiative. Xi’an’s recent hosting of the China–Central Asia Summit has signaled the city’s potential to facilitate again the economic development in this region. These achievements are quite remarkable. How did China get here and where will this likely lead to? Read more

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2023年3月，百度推出文心一言，冀与ChatGPT和同类型的人工智能产品争夺市场份额。文心一言等人工智能产业可以在中国走得多远，与相关的中国政策和法律规定息息相关。广州、深圳、上海率先根据国家政策制定地方性法规，以各自特别的方式发展人工智能产业。外资进入中国人工智能市场应该选择哪个城市？Read more

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To compete with ChatGPT and similar AI products for market share, Baidu launched ERNIE Bot in March 2023. How far ERNIE Bot and other AI industries will be able to develop in China depends on Chinese policies and legislation on AI. Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai have taken the lead to formulate their local regulations in accordance with China’s national policies and have been developing AI industries in their own special ways. Which city should foreign investors choose to enter China’s AI market?Read more

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In their recent joint statement on climate change, China and Brazil stress the need to combine “urgent climate responses” with the protection of nature to, among other goals, eradicate hunger. Accomplishing these goals will not be easy because some are conflicting. High-yielding seeds needing little agricultural inputs to grow seem to be the panacea required. Are legal tools available to help incentivize the development of such seeds?Read more

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在中国和巴西近期发布的“应对气候变化联合声明”中，两国强调需将“紧急气候响应”和保护自然相结合，以实现消除饥饿等目标。因为有些目标相互矛盾，所以要实现这些目标并非易事。在此情况下，不需要投放大量农业资源而即可生长的高产种子似乎是解决此困境所需的灵丹妙药。是否有法律工具可以帮助激励此类种子的发展？Read more

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Since being confirmed as President of the People’s Republic of China for an unprecedented third term, XI Jinping has quickly produced a series of high-profile diplomatic achievements, including the recent normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran mediated by China. What legacy will this early success lead to?Read more

Guiding Case 196

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2022年12月，中国最高人民法院发布了指导性案例196号，为主合同未成立的仲裁条款的效力提供了重要指导原则。这些原则将对法律实践产生很大的影响。Read more

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In December 2022, the Supreme People’s Court of China released Guiding Case No. 196 to provide significant guiding principles regarding the validity of an arbitration clause even though the contract that contains the clause has not been formed. These principles will have a considerable impact on legal practice.Read more

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Jiangxi, an inner Chinese province neighboring three prosperous coastal provinces, i.e., Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, has defied China’s national population decline to gain population growth. What is Jiangxi’s recipe for success? Can useful lessons be derived from this success and adopted by other regions in China?Read more

Guiding Case 60

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2016年5月，中国最高人民法院发布了指导案例60号，就相关食品安全标准的解释等提供了指导原则。这篇丝络规则与案例TM文章解释了为什么即使本案涉及的食品安全标准不再有效，最高人民法院的指导原则仍有指导价值。Read more

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In May 2016, the Supreme People’s Court of China released Guiding Case No. 60 to provide guiding principles regarding, inter alia, the interpretation of certain food safety standards. This SinoRules&CasesTM piece explains why these principles still have guiding value even though the food safety standards involved in this case are no longer effective.Read more

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最高人民法院在2022年的最后几周发布了26个新的指导性案例（中国具有事实上约束力的先例），使全年发布的此类案例总数达到33个，追平了2019年所创的最高发布数量记录。2019 年前后发布的指导性案例的比较显示了积极的发展，并且如此文章所述，令人对2023年感到乐观。Read more

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Core Climate由香港交易及结算所有限公司于2022年10月推出。作为中国一个特别行政区，香港将如何利用Core Climate助力中国大湾区以及中国其他地区实现它们的气候目标？此外，Core Climate 能否帮助香港成为亚洲可持续金融的领导者？Read more

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The Supreme People’s Court’s issuance of 26 new Guiding Cases, China’s de facto binding precedents, during the last few weeks of 2022 brought the total number of these cases issued in the entire year to 33, a record-high number that has only been matched in 2019. A comparison of Guiding Cases released before and after 2019 shows positive developments and, as explained in this article, gives optimism for 2023.Read more