A series of new policies and measures will formally be adopted and come into force in November. Let’s see how they will affect your everyday life in China and check the updates of important news!
Chinese public holidays for 2022 just came out!
China's General Office of the State Council has released the official 2021 public holiday arrangement.
There are 7 Chinese festivals having a holiday for all citizens, according to the Regulation on Public Holidays for National Annual Festivals and Memorial Days.
We have summarized the info and made a holiday calendar for 2022, you can check today's second post to get the full content.
China to step up efforts in IPR protection and application
According to a document released on Oct 28, the State Council has issued an outline to comprehensively strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and advance efficient IPR application.
By 2025, China will achieve multiple goals set in the outline, including better IPR protection, great progress on IPR applications, higher level IPR services, and new breakthroughs in international cooperation, according to the outline.
To boost IPR protection and stimulate the whole society’s creativity, authorities should improve related laws and regulations, optimize judicial systems and administrative mechanisms, and provide diverse mechanisms to settle IPR disputes, the circular said.
Quality and efficiency of IPR reviews will be enhanced, and oversight and management of IPR applications and registration strengthened.
IPR service systems that facilitate and benefit ordinary people will be established, so that innovative achievements could better serve people’s well-being, according to the outline.
Measures were also laid out for international cooperation on IPR protection to serve the development of an open economy, including strengthening overseas assistance in safeguarding IPR.
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Personal information will be better protected
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the Personal Information Protection Law in August, which will take effect on Nov 1.
The law gives definitions of "personal data" and "sensitive personal data". For example, it says biometric recognition, religious belief, medical and health information, financial accounts and movement tracks are all "sensitive" personal data.
It also clarifies principles in handling personal data. For example, it stipulates that those handling personal information should inform users and get permission from data owners before collecting, storing, using, processing, transferring, disclosing, providing or deleting the data.
Personal information handlers need to let users know their principles, purposes and methods of personal data collection and usage, and not excessively collect user data.
Manufacturing SMEs are allowed to defer tax payment for Q4
In order to ease the impact of rising costs, China will defer tax payment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector.
According to a State Council executive meeting, the decision would in effect defer around 200 billion yuan (around $31.32 billion) of tax payment for manufacturing SMEs.
The meeting also decided to defer tax payment of around 17 billion yuan for coal-fired power companies and heating firms to ease their operating difficulties.
Vaccines for children offered in some areas
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More than a dozen provincial-level regions across China started rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged between 3 and 11, including:
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangdong
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
According to local health commissions, the process for children to receive the vaccine should be supervised and approved by their guardians after examination by a doctor. Authorities said healthy children aged between 3 and 11 without contraindications for the COVID-19 vaccines can receive jabs.
Approved vaccines for children are inactivated vaccines from companies including Sinopharm, Sinovac and Wuhan Institute of Biological Products.
Schools and kindergartens will organize the vaccinations. Guardians are required to accompany children to receive the jabs in health centers in communities.
According to disease control departments in multiple areas, clinical data showed that vaccination for children between 3 and 17 is as safe as that for adults.
China to issue new set of commemorative coins for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
China's central bank issued sets of 10 commemorative coins on Tuesday for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
The set consists of four gold coins, six silver coins and two copper alloy commemorative coins, all legal tender.
All the gold and silver coins will feature the official emblem of the Beijing 2022 Games on the front side, decorated with designs of the Great Wall and snowflakes.
All the copper alloy coins will feature the official emblem of the Beijing 2022 Games on the front side, decorated with designs of the Olympic venues in Beijing, the Great Wall and snowy mountains.
The opposite side is inscribed with different images in addition to the coin denominations, as well as featuring various Winter Olympic elements and sporting event symbols.
These China-bound flights to be suspended! CAAC issued circuit breaker directives
In recent days, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued "circuit breaker" directives on several airlines' flights to China as some passengers on these flights have been tested positive for COVID-19.
The latest list of airlines and flights that recently got the directives is as follows.
If you've planned to fly to China this month and bought the tickets for the involved flights, please contact the airlines as soon as possible.
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SOURCE | China Gov / CAAC / China Daily / CGTN
