JC Master Legal News Issue 955

Key Takeaways for This Issue

The Shanghai Stock Exchange has revised the Shanghai–Hong Kong Stock Connect rules, with STAR Market stocks set to be included starting February 1.

To further optimize the mutual market access mechanism between the mainland and Hong Kong stock markets, the Shanghai Stock Exchange on the 22nd issued revised rules, under which eligible STAR Market stocks will be included in the Shanghai–Hong Kong Stock Connect starting February 1.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a notice on app store issues, revealing that 157 apps have infringed upon users’ rights and interests.

On January 22, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the first batch of 157 apps found to have infringed upon users’ rights and interests this year. In the ten rounds of inspections conducted by the ministry, Tencent App Store, Xiaomi App Store, Wandoujia, OPPO Software Store, and Huawei AppMarket ranked among the top in terms of the proportion of apps found to have issues, highlighting inadequate implementation of platform‑level responsibilities for effective oversight.

Xiamen: Taxpayers and tax authorities now sign advance pricing agreements online.

Recently, the Xiamen Municipal Tax Service of the State Taxation Administration signed a unilateral advance pricing arrangement agreement with a U.S. enterprise for the first time via an online signing process. This marks another successful implementation of the Xiamen Municipal Tax Service’s proactive efforts to expand “non-contact” tax services amid the ongoing pandemic prevention and control measures.

Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Personal Injury Compensation Cases

In order to ensure the proper adjudication of personal injury compensation cases and to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned in accordance with the law, this Interpretation is hereby formulated, drawing upon relevant provisions of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China, the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, and other pertinent laws, and in light of judicial practice.