China Passes Revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, Effective October 15, 2025
On June 27, 2025, China's National People's Congress (NPC) passed the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, which will come into effect on October 15, 2025.
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China handles IP Infringement cases involving 16,000 individuals in first half of 2024
According to the SPP's case management office, approximately 16,000 individuals were involved in IP infringement cases during this period, marking a 21.5% increase from the previous year. This includes over 1,800 individuals implicated in complex cases such as trade secret theft.
China enforces stricter punishment for IP infringement in 2023
In 2023, punitive compensation was applied in 319 cases, marking a 117% year-on-year increase, with a total compensation of 11.6 billion yuan, a 3.5-fold increase compared to the previous year.
China handles 12,496 unfair competition cases and imposes fines of 582 million yuan in 2023
Market supervision departments at all levels inspected 79,000 units involved in charging fees for enterprises, imposing fines of 430 million yuan and returning 2.16 billion yuan to enterprises. These supervision departments also handled 12,496 unfair competition cases in 2023.
China’s market regulators dealt with 1,209 internet unfair competition cases in 2023
Market regulatory authorities across China have investigated and dealt with 1,209 internet unfair competition cases since the beginning of 2023, according to news released on Thursday.
