On 15 October 2025, the revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China (2025 Revision) (the “New Anti-Unfair Competition Law”) formally came into effect. This revision marks the most significant overhaul since the 2019 amendment. Designed for the digital-economy era, the New Anti-Unfair Competition Law introduces substantial refinements to the definition, investigation, and supervision of unfair competition practices, as well as to the corresponding legal liabilities. This article outlines the principal amendments and provides an interpretation from the perspective of corporate compliance management and rights protection.

II. Efficient and Accessible Interim Measures — On Par with Domestic Arbitration Under the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, parties to an arbitration may, before or during the arbitral proceedings, apply to the people’s court at the place where the other party is domiciled, where the property to be preserved is located, or where the evidence concerned is kept, for interim property and evidence preservation measures.

With China’s continued opening-up, an increasing number of enterprises are opting in their cross-border commercial contracts for internationally renowned arbitral institutions—such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)—to administer their cases while designating Chinese mainland as the seat of arbitration. This arrangement preserves the international credibility of foreign arbitral institutions in terms of procedural management and legal reasoning quality, while aligning closely with China’s legal environment. In particular, it provides notable advantages in relation to interim measures to preserve assets and evidence, and the enforcement of arbitral awards.