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In today’s AI-driven era, advanced semiconductors have become central to both commercial innovation and national security. U.S. export control laws have been rapidly expanding its influential scope and even extending to the jurisdictions of U.S. allied countries. These developments have drawn intense attention from industry and policymakers alike, who view U.S. controls as the benchmark for global technology governance. What is less well known, however, is that China has maintained its own legal regime governing cross-border technology trade dates back decades. It only rarely affected mainstream commercial transactions until recent geopolitical and supply-chain pressures brought them into the spotlight. Against this evolving backdrop, technology import and export controls have reemerged as a mainstream compliance priority. This article therefore offers an overview of China’s technology import/export statutes and practical guidance on compliance, equipping international stakeholders with the tips they need to navigate both sets of rules.corporate mergers and acquisitions-export control and sanctions，intellectual property，telecommunications media entertainment and technology-technology

Data misuse and data breaches are the two core risks of data security. Data misuse can be prevented through strict legal regulations that ensure standardized data processing. compliance and regulatory-cybersecurity and data compliance，telecommunications media entertainment and technology-data protection and privacy

On March 19, 2025, the Chinese Zhangjiagang Court ruled in a recent AIGC copyright infringement case Feng v. Dongshan Company that, the plaintiff's AI-generated pictures lacked enough original authorship to be copyrightable and that the prompts were not copyrightable either.[1] Unlike the previous AIGC copyrightability cases where the local Chinese courts recognized the original authorship in the AI-generated work, this is the first Chinese case under which AI-generated pictures were denied copyright protection.intellectual property-trademarks and copyright,digital economy,artificial intelligence