China: New Technology

With the emergence of ChatGPT and the popularization of deep thinking by DeepSeek , generative AI services have gradually become indispensable practical tools for enterprises. More and more companies are choosing to (within limits) embrace AI , allowing employees to use it, and even purchasing AI services and creating work accounts for employees , hoping to incorporate employees' use of AI into the enterprise's risk management framework.

A Guangzhou court has delivered China's first criminal verdict for copyright infringement involving AI-generated content, sentencing two individuals for illegally recording and reselling over 1,700 AI-created short dramas. The landmark decision confirms that AI-assisted works can receive copyright protection when significant human intellectual effort is involved, while making clear that unauthorized commercial distribution of such content remains illegal.

A landmark patent invalidation case reveals how China's patent office evaluates AI inventions that apply algorithms to specific scenarios. The case centers on whether fine-tuning a pre-trained neural network mode...

As AI technology continues to advance, it has increasingly been exploited for infringing activities that violate general personality rights protected under the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China, including the right to name, right to image, and right to reputation.

当全球还在追捧

China has issued the world's first national-level regulatory framework specifically targeting AI emotional companionship, virtual humans, and virtual companions. The Interim Measures on Management of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services of Artificial Intelligence establishes comprehensive rules for service providers, including prohibition boundaries, user intervention obligations, and special protections for vulnerable groups.

AI, quantum, and other next generation technologies are rewriting the rules of business. Strategy and execution must keep pace with an unwavering focus on ROI.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has issued the Provisions on the Management of Personal Information Collection and Use by Internet Applications (Draft for Comments).

2月9日、江蘇省知的財産局は『江蘇省人工知能（AI）と知的財産の双方向エンパワーメント行動計画（2026-2030年）』（以下「行動計画」）を正式に発