[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Two Authorities Disclose 2018 Main Tasks on Government Affairs Transparency<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”15″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]The General Office of the State Intellectual Property Office (\u201cSIPO\u201d) and The General Office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”) both emphasize that more efforts will be devoted to strengthening the openness and interpretation of policy and response to public concerns, simplifying the process of online administrative service, and improving mechanism and standard for disclosure of government affairs.<\/p>\n Moreover, SIPO has specified 14 concrete tasks, including effectively responding to popular issue of public concerns such as the creation of high-value patents and trademarks, efficiently utilizing the social media such as Microblog and Wechat for policy update and service consultation.<\/p>\n CBIRC has laid down similar tasks. In particular, it stresses coordination with other authorities and social media for timely reaction to public concerns. Specifically, for major public concerns, banking and insurance regulators shall publish authoritative information in 5h and hold press conference in 24h.<\/p>\n (SIPO:\u00a0http:\/\/www.sipo.gov.cn\/gztz\/1124742.htm<\/a><\/p>\n CBIRC:\u00a0http:\/\/www.cbrc.gov.cn\/govView_17659A1786B04A0FAF1DAABB816DCFDF.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Three Authorities to Advance Development of the Sharing Economy<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”15″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]Recently three authorities, including the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission have distributed the Circular on Guiding and Standardizing the Development of the Sharing Economy (the \u201cCircular\u201d), mainly emphasizing on implementation of category-based governance, standardizing market access limits and safeguarding personal information security.<\/p>\n The Circular requires to define the responsibility of the platform enterprises, urging them to intensify identity verification and supervision of contents by jointly adopting big data and AI approaches with manual examination. \u00a0Furthermore, the Circular calls platforms for tightening oversight in collecting, saving, using, processing, sharing, transferring, publicly disclosing or providing overseas parties with private information, where anonymization or deidentification and other necessary protecting measures shall be implemented<\/p>\n (http:\/\/www.ndrc.gov.cn\/zcfb\/zcfbtz\/201805\/t20180525_887224.html<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]CBIRC to Optimize the Regulatory System for Foreign-Invested Insurance Company<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”15″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission \u00a0has recently issued a Decision on Amending the Administrative Regulations of PRC on Foreign-Invested Insurance Companies (Proposed draft) (the \u201cProposed Draft\u201d) and corresponding Implementing Rules (Draft for Comment) (the \u201cDraft for Comment\u201d). The two drafts are seeking for public opinion by June 14 and June 29, 2018 respectively.<\/p>\n Currently, a foreign insurance company that intents to set up a foreign-invested company in China is requested to set up a representative office within the territory of China for more than two years. The Proposed Draft removes such requirement for a foreign insurance company.<\/p>\n The Draft for Comments revises the limit of equity for foreign capital in joint venture life insurance company from 50% to 51% and requires at least 1 going-concern insurance company as a major shareholder. In addition, major shareholders shall not transfer the equity in 5 years since the acquisition of the equity, except for transfer between entities with the same controller, or due to a judicial execution or administrative order.<\/p>\n (for the Proposed Draft:\u00a0http:\/\/bxjg.circ.gov.cn\/web\/site0\/tab5208\/info4108929.htm<\/a><\/p>\n for the Draft for Comment:\u00a0http:\/\/bxjg.circ.gov.cn\/web\/site0\/tab5208\/info4108928.htm<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]MOF Announces Tariff Cut on Finished Vehicles and Consumer Goods<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”15″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text](1) Finished Vehicles (2) Consumer Goods The note mainly highlights 14 noteworthy points including scenarios and scope of the application of GDPR, the general principle of and justified date process. It specifically emphasizes multiple mechanism for cross-border date transfer, such as transfer to third country which has acquired adequacy from the EU, transfer with safeguard by entering into a standard contract that meets relevant requirements, binding corporate rules or passing relevant certifications.<\/p>\n
\nOn May 22, 2018, the Ministry of Finance (the \u201cMOF\u201d) announced to cut import tariffs on finished vehicles and auto parts from July 1, 2018. Specifically, for finished cars, the 25% tariff levied on 135 items and 20% duty on 4 items will both be cut to 15%. Import tariffs on 79 auto parts will be reduced to 6% from the current level of 8%, 10%, 15% and 25% respectively.<\/p>\n
\nOn May 31, 2018, the MOF also issued a notice to reduce Most Favored Nation tariff rates (the \u201cMFN rates\u201d) on imported consumer goods. To be specific, 1449 items involving food, cosmetics, clothes, medicines, home appliances, fitness products and so forth are covered, with MFN rates cut by around 2%-15%, and the \u201cnew MFN rates\u201d will come into force as of July 1, 2018. Below are few examples for reference:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”20412″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text](for Finished Vehicle:\u00a0http:\/\/gss.mof.gov.cn\/zhengwuxinxi\/zhengcefabu\/201805\/t20180522_2903728.html<\/a>
\nfor Consumer Goods :\u00a0http:\/\/gss.mof.gov.cn\/zhengwuxinxi\/zhengcefabu\/201805\/t20180531_2914284.html<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ css_animation=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1517373139965{background-image: url(http:\/\/asiallians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Picture1.png?id=18554) !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]NISSTC Issues the Guidance Note on Cybersecurity – Noteworthy Features of the EU’s GDPR<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”15″ css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Secretariat of the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee has recently released the Guidance Note on Cybersecurity \u2013 Noteworthy Features of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (the “Note”).<\/p>\n