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With the 2025 Revision of the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国对外贸易法), adopted on 27 December 2025 and scheduled to enter into force on 1 March 2026, China takes a significant step in the evolution of its international trade regulatory framework. This reform goes well beyond a mere technical update. It reflects a systemic rethinking of the role of foreign trade, which is now explicitly framed within the broader priorities of national security, industrial development...

China's Supreme People's Court launched a Case Database (Feb 2024) to standardize legal application and address inconsistent verdicts. It houses 3,700+ authoritative cases, offering "soft-binding" guidance to lower courts. This initiative aims to unify judgments and reinforce a "Confucian socialist society governed by the rule of law," while maintaining China's codified legal system. The database is more selective and rigorously vetted than previous systems, aligning with President Xi Jinping's

China's Supreme People's Court launched the "People's Court Case Database" (Feb 2024) to promote judicial uniformity and efficiency, aligning with "Xi Jinping Thought" on the rule of law. It contains over 3,700 non-binding reference cases selected through a bureaucratic process, accessible via the SPC homepage. Modeled on China Judgements Online, it aims to reduce arbitrary decisions and foster a "modernization with Chinese characteristics."