ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAW OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Chapter I     General Provisions

Chapter II    Scope of Accepting Cases

Chapter III   Jurisdiction

Chapter IV    Participants in Proceedings

Chapter V     Evidence

Chapter VI    Bringing a Suit and Accepting a Case

Chapter VII   Trial and Judgment

Chapter VIII  Execution

Chapter IX    Liability for Compensation for Infringement of Rights

Chapter X     Administrative Procedure Involving Foreign Interest

Chapter XI    Supplementary Provisions

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Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administrative Punishments

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Classification and Establishment of Administrative Punishments

Chapter III Organs for Implementing Administrative Punishments

Chapter IV Jurisdiction and Application of Administrative Punishments

Chapter V Decision on Administrative Punishments

Section 1 Summary Procedure

Section 2 General Procedure

Section 3 Hearing Procedure

Chapter VI Execution of Administrative Punishments

Chapter VII Legal Responsibility

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

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Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China

Adopted on April 3, 1992 at the 5th Session of the 7th National People’s Congress

Amended according to the Decision on Amending the Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China at the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People’s Congress on October 27, 2001

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Trade Union Organizations

Chapter III Rights and Obligations of a Trade Union

Chapter IV Basic-level Trade Union Organizations

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AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS,INCLUDING TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

The TRIPS Agreement is Annex 1C of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 15 April 1994.

Preamble

Members,

Desiring to reduce distortions and impediments to international trade, and taking into account the need to promote effective and adequate protection of intellectual property rights, and to ensure that measures and procedures to enforce intellectual property rights do not themselves become barriers to legitimate trade;

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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Article 1
Establishment of a Union
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The countries to which this Convention applies constitute a Union for the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works.

Article 2
Protected Works:
1. “Literary and artistic works”; 2. Possible requirement of fixation; 3. Derivative works;
4. Official texts; 5. Collections; 6. Obligation to protect; beneficiaries of protection;
7. Works of applied art and industrial designs; 8. News

(1) The expression “literary and artistic works” shall include every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression, such as books, pamphlets and other writings; lectures, addresses, sermons and other works of the same nature; dramatic or dramatico-musical works; choreographic works and entertainments in dumb show; musical compositions with or without words; cinematographic works to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to cinematography; works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving and lithography; photographic works to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to photography; works of applied art; illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science.

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Product Quality Law of The People’s Republic of China

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Supervision and Control over Product Quality

Chapter III Liability and Obligation of Producers and Sellers Concerning Product Quality

Section 1 Liability and Obligation of Producers Concerning Product Quality

Section 2 Liability and Obligation of Sellers Concerning Product Quality

Chapter IV Compensation for Damage

Chapter V Penalty Provisions

Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is enacted to strengthen the supervision and control over product quality, to define the liability for product quality, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of users and consumers and to safeguard the socio-economic order.

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Law of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Rights of Consumers

Chapter III Obligations of Business Operators

Chapter IV Protection of Legitimate Rights and Interests of Consumers by the State

Chapter V Consumer Organizations

Chapter VI Settlement of Disputes

Chapter VII Legal Responsibility

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The present Law is formulated for the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, maintenance of the socio-economic order and promotion of the healthy development of socialist market economy.

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MEASURES FOR SECURITY PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING OF COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORKS

MEASURES FOR SECURITY PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING OF COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORKS

  Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China for the Security Protection of Computer Information Systems, Interim Provisions of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of the International Networking of Computer Information Networks and other laws and administrative regulations with a view to strengthening the security protection of the International networking of computer information networks and maintaining public order and social stability.

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REGULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE CUSTOMS PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the PRC, Customs Law in order to implement customs protection of intellectual property rights, promote foreign economic trade and technological and cultural exchange, and safeguard social interests.

Article 2 For the purposes of these Regulations, “customs protection of intellectual property rights” refers to the implementation of protection by customs of the exclusive rights to use a trademark, copyrights and the rights related thereto, and patent rights that are related to import and export goods and that are protected by PRC laws and administrative regulations (Intellectual Property Rights)。

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