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Analyzing the so-called 'non market economy' issues in the WTO from a negotiation perspective
2025 02/08Author:Wang LeiIn the first issue of International Economic Review in 2025, a paper titled "Analyzing the Issue of 'Non Market Economy' in WTO from a Negotiation Perspective" was published. The four authors, including Lawyer Wang Lei, the director of Gaopeng Law Firm, were all eyewitnesses to China's accession negotiations at that time. -
Three nature evidence of electronic data in criminal cases
2025 02/07Author:Zhu JiapingIn today's economic crime cases, electronic data has become a very important form of evidence in investigation and trial. With the development of digitalization, many important transaction records, financial data, communication information, and illegal activities exist in electronic form. Although these data provide rich clues for the case, they also pose many challenges due to their susceptibility to tampering or deletion. For defense lawyers, it is possible to effectively verify electronic data, exclude the use of electronic data by judges, and protect the rights and interests of the parties as much as possible. This article explores the legality, authenticity, and relevance of electronic data in accordance with the requirements of criminal evidence. -
Rationality of Compensating Unused Annual Leave with Twice Daily Wage: Analysis Based on the Nature of Paid Annual Leave
2025 02/06Author:Hu JieThe lively Spring Festival has passed, and many companies have started calculating overtime pay for employees during the Spring Festival period. Some companies have arranged annual leave before and after the Spring Festival, and more companies are taking stock of paid annual leave for employees last year and setting a deadline for employees to take their annual leave in 2024 (such as before March 31). -
Legal Issues Caused by the Death of Big S (Part 1) | Will Former Husband Wang Xiaofei Reverse the Wind? Is the current husband the biggest winner?
2025 02/05Author:Wu AilingA flu epidemic led to the sudden death of Taiwan, China's first idol drama queen, Taiwan, China actress, singer and host Big S (Xu Xiyuan) at the age of 48 in a foreign country. While lamenting the impermanence of life, the assets she left behind include valuable real estate, entertainment income, endorsement income, and investment returns, totaling approximately 500 million yuan. How to deal with this huge fortune has become a hot topic on the internet. In Taiwan, there are clear and detailed legal provisions for estate distribution, which mainly follow the principles of testamentary inheritance, statutory inheritance, and will priority. This lays the basic guidelines for the distribution of large S estates. Due to the complex family relationships of Da S, they will become an important factor that cannot be ignored in the distribution of inheritance after her death. Since the author did not see the various documents mentioned in the article, such as divorce agreements, wills, purchase contracts, payment vouchers, etc., the author can only obtain partial information and data from various media public reports, combined with professional experience, to conduct preliminary analysis, and further specific analysis based on progress and new facts. -
Do I have to pay personal income tax when I receive red envelopes during the Chinese New Year?
2025 01/27Author:Jia MengmengRecently, JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong distributed red envelopes to elderly people in his hometown. Some lawyers believe that after receiving a red envelope, the recipient should promptly declare and pay personal income tax to the local tax authorities. As soon as this statement was made, it quickly topped the Weibo hot search. I have received verification requests from multiple friends and clients. The author believes that the donation is not within the scope of personal income tax collection. Similarly, if readers receive red envelopes distributed by family and friends during the Chinese New Year, they do not need to pay taxes. The reasons are as follows. -
Marriage and Family Compilation Explanation (2) Series 2 | Let couples no longer entangle, worry, or argue about adding names to their properties!
2025 01/26Author:Wu AilingFamily is the cell of society and an important foundation for social harmony. In recent years, with the increasing divorce rate and high housing prices, couples often request that one party add their name to their personal property before or after marriage for various purposes. Once the name registration is completed, the personal property immediately becomes the joint property of the couple. Therefore, the issue of property name addition has always been a troublesome problem for couples. In the popular TV series "Elite Lawyer", Jin Dong plays the male lead Robin Lawyer and his college classmate Lan Hong Lawyer. They have been in love for a long time, and before their wedding, the woman's mother proposed to add her name to the man's personal property. Due to different understandings of the meaning of adding the name, the two parties ended up having a falling out and breaking up! In addition, in the past, the application of relevant laws emphasized whether the registration of property name addition and change has been completed, and emphasized the legal effect of registration! If one party agrees to add a name but ultimately fails to complete the registration of the name change, and the giving party reneges, Article 658 (1) of the Civil Code can generally be applied to treat the commitment to add a name as revocable -
In depth interpretation of the Value Added Tax Law - Commentary Edition
2025 01/23Author:Jia MengmengOn December 25, 2024, the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to adopt the Value Added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China. As a turnover tax, value-added tax is directly related to the trading activities of market entities and is also a tax type that taxpayers are prone to tax risks due to improper handling in tax treatment. Here, we interpret the key provisions of the Value Added Tax Law through commentary to help readers understand the law. -
Interpretation of the Marriage and Family Section of the Civil Code (Part 2) Series 1 | Let parents support their children to buy houses after marriage and no longer worry about it!
2025 01/21Author:Wu AilingThe family is the cell of society and an important foundation for social harmony. In recent years, the increasing divorce rate and high housing prices have combined to make the issue of property division in divorce cases, especially the issue of parents providing financial support for their children to buy houses after marriage, increasingly complex. The legal application of these cases has a significant impact on people's marriage and housing behavior. From the interpretation of the Marriage Law (II) and (III) to the interpretation of the Civil Code and the Marriage and Family Code (I), the legal application of this issue has been fluctuating, which has caused parents to be extremely conflicted when providing financial support for their children to purchase a house after marriage. -
Actor Wang Xingtai's disappearance at the Myanmar border: Border fraud gang targets the film and television industry
2025 01/13Author:Chen CongOn the evening of January 5, 2025, a netizen claiming to be Jia Jia, the girlfriend of Wang Xing (actor), posted on Weibo that Wang Xing went missing at the Thai Myanmar border around noon Beijing time on January 3 after joining a filming group in Thailand. Afterwards, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and Consulate General in Chiang Mai urgently activated emergency plans and contacted relevant agencies such as the Thai police and immigration bureau. The Thai police immediately established a special task force to conduct a comprehensive investigation and cooperated with the Myanmar police and relevant law enforcement departments to search and rescue. On January 7th, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand released the latest update on the Wang Xing incident, confirming that he was successfully rescued on the afternoon of the 7th local time. This incident has sparked widespread attention and discussion.