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Carlo D'Andrea

Consumer Protection Law Revision

On 25th October, 2013, China’s top legislature passed a revision to the law on consumer rights and interests, the first since the legislation was adopted in 1993. The Amendment, takes effect on March 15, 2014 and adds provisions...

Ensuring a Fair Market: Trademark Protection

Following rapid global economic growth, the trademark has played an increasingly important role in enterprise operation. A good trademark not only has an easily recognizable design, but also presents the company’s greatest intangible asset. A trademark is akin...

On the Rise in China: Identity Theft

Have you ever purchased a new car, and then received a phone call from an insurance company? Been immersed in the happiness of your newborn baby when a sample pack of formula is delivered by courier to your...

Retailer Responsibility in Product Liability

As the Chinese economy grows and consumption rises, there have been a number of product liability issues in the last few years, ranging from infant formula tainted with melamine to escalators unexpectedly reversing their direction. Such episodes have...

Caution; Euro wines hit by anti dumping

Nowadays, as the biggest wine producer in the world, of which annual production is approximately 160 million tons, it is estimated that EU wines last year enjoyed a market share in China last year as high as 14.32...

Problems of Bilingual Contracts in PRC

Nowadays, doing business in China is common for foreigners. Since the Chinese word for “contract”, 合同 (hétong), actually means “to agree jointly”, something that foreign parties must consider and agree upon when engaging in business negotiations with Chinese...

Risks of Cosmetic Surgery in China

Today’s social aesthetic values have led to a craze for plastic surgery, resulting in the number of clinics providing the service increasing at a stellar rate. About three million people had plastic surgery on the mainland in 2010 in...

Logistics Industry Guiding Opinions

On 17th January 2013, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China released Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Healthy Development of Freight Forwarding in international shipping (hereinafter referred to as “Guiding Opinions”), in which the guiding ideas,...

About Me

Legal columnist Carlo D’Andrea came to China in 2005 and now heads up a boutique law firm which is a point of reference as a well-established entity in the international legal profession serving Chinese and foreign companies wishing to globalise themselves. He has been admitted to the Italian Bar Association and is Chairman of the EUCCC Shanghai Board. 法律专栏作家Carlo D'Andrea于2005年来到中国,如今正领导着一家精品律师事务所,作为国际律师界的标杆和翘楚,向中国和外国公司提供服务以助其实现全球化。他不仅是意大利的执业律师,同时还是中国欧盟商会上海分会的主席。
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