2017.7.27 Oli Wong The Supreme Administrative Court rendered the 106-Pan-387 Decision of July 27, 2017 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that communication involving a food operator’s use of media such as television, radio broadcast and films to conduct promotions containing specifics […]

2017.8.18 Yi-Shan Cheng The Financial Supervisory Commission promulgated Articles 2, 7, 9, 12, 24 and 27 as amended and Article 20-1 as added of the Administrative Rules for Electronic Payment Institutions and Business (hereinafter, the “Rules”) via the Jin-Guan-Yin-Piao-10640003250 Directive […]

2017.6.7 Ankwei Chen The Taiwan High Court rendered the 106-Shang-Yi-1337 Civil Decision on June 7, 2017 (the “Decision”) in which it held that the Consumer Protection Law does not apply to a purchase negotiation agreement because such an agreement includes […]

2017.6.27 Yenchu Chen The 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China adopted a decision on June 27, 2017 to amend the Law on Water Pollution Prevention and Control that […]

2017.7.10 Zoe Qiao On July 10, 2017, the State Internet Information Office promulgated the Regulations on the Security for Critical Information Infrastructure (Draft for Comments) (the “Security Regulations”) to kick off a one-month period to solicit opinions. Although the Security […]

2017.6.15 Ankwei Chen The Ministry of Justice issued the Fa-Lu-10603508260 Circular of June 15, 2017 (the “Circular”) in response to a question from the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan concerning when the statute of limitations on seeking payment […]

James Cheng On December 27, 2015, the National People’s Congress passed the amendment to the Population and Family Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Law”), with the universal two-child policy becoming effective on January 1, 2016. Meanwhile, […]

James Cheng Transfer of real estate ownership often gives rise to tax issues such as deed taxes, business taxes, personal income taxes and stamp taxes. On February 17, 2016, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and the […]

James Cheng On January 1, 2016, the Ministry of Land and Resources promulgated the Implementation Rules for the Interim Regulations on Real Estate Registration (hereinafter, the “Implementation Rules”) to properly implement the Interim Regulations on Real Estate Registration (hereinafter, the […]

Erica Chiu The Financial Supervisory Commission promulgated the Jin-Guan-Yin-Piao-10440005800 Directive of December 18, 2015 (hereinafter, the “Directive”), pointing out that transfer of funds stored in a stored-value card to an electronic payment account shall be limited to NT$30,000 per day. […]

Lenore Chen The Judicial Yuan rendered Judicial Interpretation No. 734 (hereinafter, the “Interpretation”) on December 18, 2015, declaring unconstitutional a competent authority’s public announcement on environment polluting acts as authorized pursuant to the Waste Disposal Law that all advertising materials, […]

Barry Kuo Article 8, Paragraph 5 of the Law Governing Food Safety and Sanitation provides: “Food businesses belonging to a category and scale designated by the central competent authority in a public announcement shall obtain the certification of sanitation and […]

Young Zheng The Supreme Administrative Court rendered the 104-Pan-723 Decision of November 27, 2015 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that if a company has not continuously refused to rectify after being sanctioned several times, its culpability should not be the most […]

Tiffany Wu The Ministry of Health and Welfare promulgated the Rules for Implementing and Inspecting the Infection Control Measures in Long-term Care and Correction Organizations (Institutions) and Places (hereinafter, the “Rules”), which consist of 19 articles, via the Bu-Shou-Ji-1050100833 Directive […]

James Cheng With the rapid development of e-commerce in China in recent years, the wide variety of food products for online shopping has attracted many consumers as well. However, the supervision of food products sold over the Internet faces issues […]

James Cheng On October 10, 2015, the Ministry of Transportation prepared the Interim Administrative Measures for Online Taxi Services (Solicitation for Opinions) to regulate the development of online taxi services, promote innovation and evolution of this industry so that it […]

James Cheng With the ever increasing number of bankruptcy cases, it is increasingly important that a people’s court tries bankruptcy cases in orderly fashion pursuant to law. On June 15, 2016, the Supreme People’s Court released for the first time […]

James Cheng On June 25, 2016, the State Internet Information Office promulgated the Regulations on Internet Information Search Services (hereinafter, the “Regulations”) to stipulate a series of requirements to address search engine issues such as the lack of objectivity and […]

James Cheng On May 5, 2016, the State Council promulgated Several Opinions on Promoting Stabilized and Positive Development in Foreign Trade (hereinafter, the “Opinions”). The State CouncilÕs Opinions acknowledges that foreign trade is a vital component and driving force of […]

2016.10.25 Tiffany Wu The Kaohsiung Branch of the Taipei High Court rendered the 104-Yi-Shang-1 Civil Decision of October 25, 2016 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that if a certain sign has been determined or highly suspected by a medical practitioner to […]

Zoe Qiao On April 28, 2016, the National People’s Congress adopted the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of Domestic Activities of Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations (hereinafter, the “Law”), which will go into effect on January 1, […]

2016.11.07 James Cheng The Cyber Security Law was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on November 7, 2016 and will go into effect on June 1, 2017. Consisting of seven […]

James Cheng On March 17, 2016, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce promulgated the Measures for the Supervision and Administration over Quality of Goods in Circulation (Zong Ju Directive No. 85; hereinafter, the “Supervision Measures”) to set out more […]

2016.10.25 James Cheng The General Office of the State Council formally promulgated the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of the Fitness and Recreation Industry (the “Guiding Opinions”) on October 25, 2016 to promote an across-the-board, healthy and sustainable development […]

Lenore Chen The Financial Supervisory Commission promulgated the amendments to Articles 6 and 7 and deleted Article 9 of the Standards for Restrictions on Part-time Work and Compliance Matters of Representatives of Electronic Ticket Issuers (hereinafter, the “Standards”) via the […]

2016.09.26 Zoe Qiao On September 26, 2016, the General Administration of Customs promulgated the Measures for Implementing the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China Customs Inspections (the “Measures”) to refine and regulate the operating procedures and the rights and […]

James Cheng On February 23, 2016, the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress adopted the Decision to Amend the Regulations on the Population and Family Planning in the Shanghai Municipality (the “Decision”), which came into effect on March […]

2016.07.15 Ankwei Chen The Supreme Administrative Court rendered the 105-Pan-371 Decision on July 15, 2016 (“Decision”), which held that the Waste Disposal Act shall give priority to the pursuit of the party engaged in the polluting act and only switch […]

2016.09.27 Tiffany Wu The Ministry of Health and Welfare issued the Wei-Bu-Yi-1051666009 Circular of September 27, 2016 (hereinafter, the “Circular”) to interpret the scope of the expression “to publicize by any other improper means” under Article 86, Subparagraph 7 of […]

2016.09.25 James Cheng On September 25, the State Council issued the Guiding Opinion on the Accelerated Promotion of the “Internet + Government Services” Undertaking for setting up the overall deployment to accelerate the promotion of the “Internet + Government Services” […]