Concise Chinese law = 简明中国法 /

1-1: External influences on Chinese law (2)

1-2: Broad & narrow sense of the law(5)

1-3: Number of legislation in comparison(5)

1-4: Classification of the law(8)

1-5: Civil law and criminal law(10)

1-6: The number of clauses in laws and implementation regulations

(12)

1-7: Legislative bodies and titles of legislation(18)

1-8: Division of legislative competence(19)

1-9: NPC and SCNPC bill sponsors(22)

1-10: Voting of the bill(24)

1-11: Promulgation of the law(24)

1-12: Filing for recording(25)

1-13: Division of interpretation competence(26)

1-14: Typical comparison between laws and their judicial interpretation
(26)

2-1: Evolution of China's Constitution(28)

2-2: Amendments to 1982 Constitution(28)

2-3: Major sources of Chinese constitutional law(29)

2-4: Basic rights & obligations.(35)

2-5: Functions of the State Organs(47)

3-1: Classification of administrative relations(58)

3-2: Sources of administrative law(59)

3-3: Organization of the State Council(62)

3-4: Chinese civil servant's posts and grades(69)

3-5: Major forms of punishments(74)

3-6: Administrative and civil compensation(79)

4-1: Civil law and administrative law (87)

4-2: Sources of civil law(88)

4-3: Rights and capacity(90)

4-4: Capacity and competence(90)

4-5: Sequence of guardians(92)

4-6: Declared missing and death(93)

4-7: Legal person and natural person(96)

4-8: Legal person and partnership(97)

4-9: Void and voidable legal act(102)

4-10: Classification of civil rights(109)

4-11: Tort and contractual obligations(116)

4-12: General and special torts(117)

4-13: Suspension and discontinuation(118)

5-1: IP rights and real rights(120)

5-2: Scope of IP(121)

5-3: Duration of copyright (131)

5-4: Duration of neighboring rights(132)

5-5: Comparison of three types of patents(133)

6-1: Contract and tort(145)

6-2: Offer and invitation to treat(146)

6-3: Effective time of communication(148)

6-4: Types of security devices(152)

6-5: Contractual modification and assignment(154)

7-1: Marriage requirements(170)

7-2: Void & voidable marriage (174)

7-3: Divorce(175)

8-1: Company & partnership(191)

8-2: Rights of shareholder & property owner(191)

8-3: CLS and LLC(192)

8-4: Requirements of shareholder(193)

8-5: Corporate capitalization(194)

8-6: Articles of association (195)

8-7: Company formation(197)

8-8: Overview of corporate capital systems (200)

8-9: Requirements of capital increase and reduction (202)

8-10: Powers and functions of the shareholder's meeting (203)

8-11: Causes of interim shareholder's meeting(205)

8-12: BOD's powers and functions (209)

8-13: Powers and functions of the BOS(211)

8-14: Manager's powers and functions (212)

8-15: Negative qualification (212)

8-16: Types of duties (213)

8-17: Conditions and procedures (216)

9-1: Stocks and bonds(221)

9-2: Conditions and procedures of securities issuance (222)

9-3: Procedures of securities listing and de-listing(229)

9-4: Liability for guilty of prohibited conducts(232)

9-5: Requirement for different ways of disclosure(242)

9-6: Standard of ownership disclosure (242)

10-1: Anti-competitive conducts (246)

10-2: Models of competition law (246)

10-3: Competition authorities (263)

11-1: Distribution of PQL's civil and administrative provisions (267)

11-2: Comparison of PQL's civil and administrative punishments (268)

11-3: Scope of consumer (268)

11-4: Scope of compensation for personal injuries and death (273)

12-1: Employment v. agency relation (290)

12-2: Employment v. independent contractor relation (290)

12-3: Scope of labor law's application to employment relations (291)

12-4: Standard of economic compensation upon termination (297)

12-5: Reasonableness of non-competition clause (299)

12-6: Overtime restrictions and respective allowance (302)

13-1: Types of taxes (312)

13-2: Sources of tax law (314)

13-3: Tax rate of individual income tax (315)

13-4: VAT rates(322)

13-5: Business tax rates (325)

13-6: Consumption tax rates(328)

13-7: Land appreciation tax rates (330)

14-1: Sources of environmental law(334)

14-2: EIA treatment of government plans(336)

14-3: EIA treatment of construction projects(338)

14-4: CPPL's administrative punishments(347)

15-1: Sources of the major foreign investment law(354)

15-2: Major foreign investment vehicles (359)

15-3: FIEs' general macro-control requirements(364)

15-4: Minimal contents of EJV and CJV contracts (365)

15-5: Minimal contents of the FIEs' articles of association(366)

15-6: Ratio between FIEs' registered capital and total investment(367)

15-7: FIEs approval authorities (368)

15-8: Documents required (369)

15-9: Waiting period(370)

15-10: FIEs' capital contribution(370)

15-11: Issues requiring unanimous consent in BOD(373)

15-12: Causes of liquidation(375)

16-1: Major sources of foreign trade law (378)

16-2: Control of import and export of goods and technology(383)

16-3: Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation(395)

16-4: Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures(396)

17-1: Criminal, administrative and civil law(402)

17-2: Clauses distribution in criminal law(403)

17-3: Spacial validity(405)

17-4: Retroactivity(406)

17-5: Ten categories of crime in 1997 Criminal Law(407)

17-6: Capacity to bear criminal responsibility(412)

17-7: Natural person and unit as criminal subject(413)

17-8: Mental state(414)

17-9: Distinction between self-defense and preventing immediate danger

(415)

17-10: Self-defense and preventing immediate danger(416)

17-11: Forms in the process of crime(418)

17-12: Criminal responsibility of participants in joint crime(422)

18-1: Distribution of punishment powers (427)

18-2: Types of punishment(427)

18-3: Criminal, civil and administrative detention(429)

18-4: Criminal detention and fixed term imprisonment(430)

18-5: Criminal and administrative fine(432)

18-6: Application of depriving political rights(433)

18-7: Period and effective time of depriving political rights(433)

18-8: Statutory and discretionary circumstances(435)

18-9: Ordinary and special recidivists(436)

18-10: Voluntary surrender and meritorious service(437)

18-11: Combined punishment for multiple crimes(439)

18-12: Probation and death with suspended execution(442)

18-13: Punishment reduction(445)

18-14: Parole, probation and punishment reduction(446)

18-15: Limitation of action(448)

19-1: Composition of collegial bench(450)

19-2: Causes of withdrawal and scope of application(451)

19-3: Relationship between court and PMC competence(453)

19-4: Relationship between court and arbitration competence(453)

19-5: Distribution of hierarchical jurisdiction(454)

19-6: Territorial jurisdiction(455)

19-7: Consensual jurisdiction(456)

19-8: Third party and joint parties(459)

19-9: Agent ad litem and defender(460)

19-10: Methods of service(464)

19-11: Judgment, ruling and decision(470)

19-12: Procedures of first and second instance(471)

19-13: Procedure of second instance and trial supervision(474)

19-14: Execution and trial procedure(475)

20-1:Administrative litigation and civil procedure(479)

20-2:Distribution of hierarchical jurisdiction in administrative litigation

(482)

20-3: Territorial jurisdiction in administrative litigation(483)

20-4: Defendant in administrative litigation(485)

20-5: Types of evidence in administrative and civil litigation(488)

21-1:Criminal and civil procedure(502)

21-2: Composition of collegial panel(504)

21-3: Distribution of functional jurisdiction(507)

21-4: Distribution of hierarchical jurisdiction(508)

21-5: Causes of withdrawal and scope of application(509)

22-1: Major domestic legislation relating to public international law

(533)

22-2: Major domestic legislations relating to private international law(534)

22-3: Territorial sea and contiguous zone(536)

22-4: Exclusive economic zone and continental shelf(538)

22-5: Privilege and immunity for the mission and consulate (541)

22-6: Privilege and immunity for the diplomatic agent and consular officer

(542)

22-7: Power of ratification and decision(543)