Sun, 03 Sep 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In China, cybercrime involving individuals' privacy is known as the crime of violating citizens' personal information.

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 China Law in One Minute Guodong Du 杜國棟

In 2020, China reported an overall crime rate of approximately 105.81, with the violent crime rate being 3.26.

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 China Law in One Minute Guodong Du 杜國棟

In 2021, China recorded an overall crime rate of approximately 121.38, with the violent crime rate being 3.47.

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In May 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the sentencing guidelines for sex crimes against minors. Under the guidelines, anyone who coerces or induces a minor to expose his/her private parts or to commit any obscene act by such means as online video chatting or sending videos or photos shall be convicted and punished for the crime of coercive molestation or the crime of molesting a child.

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Under Chinese criminal laws, where a juvenile has reached 18 when committing a crime and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of five years or a lighter punishment, the criminal records concerned shall be sealed for preservation.

Mon, 08 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

The newly-issued guideline from China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security has broadened the criteria for determining self-defense in minor injury cases.

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

From 2018 to 2023, the proportion of the number of acquittals to the number of prosecutions in China is 0.058%.

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In October 2022, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate released the “Report on the Work of People's Procuratorates in Prosecution of Minors”, which provides data on minor crimes from 2018 to 2021.

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Seizure of electronic storage devices and electronic data extraction are the two statutory methods. It is also noteworthy that different approaches would apply when it comes to collection of the electronic data located in China and of that located outside of China.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In December 2020, China promulgated the Criminal Law Amendment (XI) (刑法修正案(十一)), three articles of which concern biosecurity as well as the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.