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QUICK ANSWERS · CHINA LEGAL WIKI
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 ↗A Chinese company chop can bind the company in contracts and filings; verify the chop, signatory authority, entity identity and transaction context.
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 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 usual first forum for individual labour disputes in China. Court litigation generally follows an arbitration award or a rejection of the claim.
Open term ↗The written employment contract required for PRC employees. Term type (fixed, open-ended, project) and probation rules are statutory, not purely contractual.
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.
Topic counsel
Profiles matched by practice to this topic. A shortlist for consultation — not an endorsement of any filing, clearance or legal outcome.
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Jiushang Law Firm · Beijing · Languages: Mandarin, English
Shanghai AllBright Law Offices · Pudong · Languages: English, Mandarin
Beijing Zhong Lun Law Firm · Chaoyang · Languages: English, Mandarin
Beijing Jingshi Law Firm · Haidian · Languages: English, Mandarin
