Editing Intellectual property in China (section)

===Other legislation and regulations===
Apart from major legislation on trademarks, copyright and patents, a few other laws and regulations have been passed to deal with intellectual property related issues. In 1986, the ''General Principles of Civil Law'' was adopted to protect the lawful civil rights and interests of citizens and legal persons, and to correctly regulate civil relations. Articles 94–97 of the ''General Principles of Civil Law'' deal with intellectual property rights of Chinese citizens and legal persons.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In the 1990s, many more pieces of legislation were passed to perfect the intellectual property protection system. These include the ''Regulations on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights'' (1995) and the ''Law Against Unfair Competition of the PRC'' (1993).{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} The latter prohibited the passing off of registered trademarks, infringing trade secrets, the illegal use of well-known goods or names of other people, as well as other misleading and deceptive conduct. The ''Advertising Law of the PRC'' was passed in 1994 and extensively revised in 2015, to now include a joint liability with the advertising spokesperson, special regulations on public interest advertising, and most importantly a definition of misleading advertisement.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Richter|first=Eva Lena|title=Die Revision des Werbegesetzes der VR China (Revision of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China)|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2972630|journal=Zeitschrift für Chinesisches Recht|date=14 August 2015 |volume=23|pages=104–116|ssrn=2972630 }}</ref>

The [[Anti Monopoly Law of China|Anti-Monopoly Law]] provides for investigating unreasonable IP licensing fees and authority for further supplementary regulations on IP issues.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|page=124}}

The Law of Seeds (2000) established the principle of state sovereignty over the regulation of [[germplasm]] resources for plant seeds.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|page=97}} Eight years later, amendments to the Patent Law more broadly addressed protection for genetic resources.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|pages=96–97}}

Although rarely enforced, the Administration of Technology Import/Export Regulations (TIER) previously prohibited foreign enterprises licensing their technology to China from restricting where that technology could be used and required them to waive any rights related to subsequent improvements to the technology.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=100}} The provisions of TIER had been the subject of a number of WTO disputes.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=100}} In March 2019, China agreed to revoke some of the TIER provisions.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=100}}A Foreign Investment Law introduced in late 2019 banned forced technology transfers.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Scott |url= |title=China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future |date=2022 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-760401-4 |location=New York, NY |pages= |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197603994.001.0001 |oclc=1316703008}}</ref>{{Rp|page=170}}

With regard to artificial intelligence, the [[Cyberspace Administration of China]] issued draft measures which, among other provisions, obligate tech companies to implement safeguards to ensure their [[Artificial intelligence industry in China|artificial intelligence]] platforms respect intellectual property rights.<ref name=":Zhang">{{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Angela Huyue |title=High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9780197682258 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197682258.001.0001}}</ref>{{Rp|page=278}}