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Plain-English explainers for the terms, procedures and acronyms foreign businesses and individuals meet first. Understand the core rule, then take the right research route.
02 START HERE
Four concise definitions people open first. Not a ranking of legal importance.
PIPL automated decision-making covers profiling and algorithmic decisions that affect people: transparency, fairness, a PIA, and an opt-out of marketing ADM. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.
Open full definition ↗China commercial arbitration guide: CIETAC, SHIAC, SCIA institutions explained. New York Convention enforcement, model clause, and arbitral award recognition in China.
Open full definition ↗Company chops can bind the company in practice. Flagship for chop-and-contract-validity map intent. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.
Open full definition ↗A WFOE is wholly foreign-owned; an equity JV has a Chinese shareholder. Negative-list access, control and exit differ. This live URL stays the comparison. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.
Open full definition ↗02b GLOSSARY
Structured glossary entries layered on the same Wiki corpus — not a second dictionary.
The individual named on the business licence who can bind the company in many statutory and commercial acts.
Open term ↗The company’s official seal. Affixing it is often treated as the company’s act, alongside or instead of a wet-ink signature.
Open term ↗The 18-character identifier on a Chinese business licence that uniquely identifies the legal entity.
Open term ↗A transfer of capital contribution / equity in a PRC limited-liability company, usually requiring a written contract, register update and SAMR filing.
Open term ↗The usual first forum for individual labour disputes in China. Court litigation generally follows an arbitration award or a rejection of the claim.
Open term ↗A post-employment restriction on working for a competitor, generally valid only with compensation and for a limited term and scope.
Open term ↗Statutory severance payable in defined termination routes, usually based on years of service and average wage, subject to local caps.
Open term ↗Court-supervised collection of a judgment or arbitral award against assets in China.
Open term ↗03 CONCEPT CHAPTERS
Each chapter is a definition shelf. Practical checklists live in the matching inbound guide.
Signature, notice, evidence and exit questions that shape a China-related agreement.
Market access, investment structures, governance and operating questions for entering or reorganising in China.
Definitions for intellectual property, personal information, cybersecurity and cross-border data transfer.
Core terms for contracts, leave, disputes, social insurance, work permits and foreign workers.
Court structure, jurisdiction, arbitration, interim measures and cross-border enforcement concepts.
Customs, export controls, product compliance, recall and movement-of-goods terminology.
Corporate, tax, property, compliance, insolvency and other concepts outside the principal shelves.
04 · RESEARCH ROUTE
Use the Wiki to get oriented, then move into a structured guide when the decision involves documents, timing, risk or counsel.
05 EDITORIAL STANDARD
China Legal Portal is a legal information platform and directory, not a law firm. The Wiki reduces uncertainty at the start of a matter; it does not replace advice on specific facts.
