Clifford Chance

New developments in the Chinese legal regime on competitive intelligence

13 January 2011

To meet the emerging needs for protecting its economic interests and security, China has commenced adjusting its legal regime on competitive intelligence and reinforcing judicial protection for state secrets relating to economic interests and trade secrets. The most eye-catching changes have been the amendment of the State Secrets Protection Law and the promulgation of the Interim Measures on the Protection of Trade Secrets of Central Enterprises. Equally prominent were the cases involving Stern Hu, a former employee of the Rio Tinto Group, and Xue Feng, an American Chinese geologist.

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