• ChinaTechNews.com - The Technology News Portal for China

• China.org.cn - News Portal of China Internet Information Center

• Chinadaily.com - News Portal

• China-wired.com - Web-Site by Prof. Hartford

• China Courts News - Court news and legal information

• China Digital News - Web-Blog with a Law category

• China IT & Telecom Weekly - A weekly report by Interfax Information Services

Electronic Signatures

• Electronic Signature Law (December 2004)

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Domain Names

• Rules for CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (September 2002)
• China Internet Domain Name Regulations (September 2002)
• Chinese Domain Names Dispute Resolution Policy (Trial Implementation) (November 1, 2000)
• Detailed Implementation Rules for Registration of Domain Names on China's Internet (June 1997)

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Telecommunications

• Regulations on Telecommunications of the People’s Republic of China (in Chinese) (2002)

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Internet Content Control

• Regulations on Internet Information Service of the People’s Republic of China (in Chinese) (2002)
• Measures for Managing Internet Information Service (took effect on October 1, 2000)

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Online Brokerage

• Interim Regulations for the Online Securities Brokerage Sector (issued by CSRC on March 30, 2000)

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Local Regulations on E-Commerce

• Circular on Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Consumers in Network Economic Activities (July 7, 2000. local regulation by BMAIC)
• Circular on the Qualifications for Enterprises to operate Internet Advertisement (May 16, 2000, local regulation by BMAIC)
• Circular of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce Concerning E-commerce Activities (March 28, 2000, local regulation by BMAIC)
• Provisional Methods on Price Administration of E-commerce (published by the Shanghai Municipality, took effects on January 1, 2000) 
• Electronic Transacations Ordinance Hong Kong (2000)

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Contract Law

• Contract Law of the People's Republic of China: Article 11 explicitly recognizes the effect of electronic message (1999)

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Encryption

• Regulation of Commercial Encryption Codes (issued on October 7, 1999, supplemented on November 8, 1999)

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IT Security

• Computer Information Network and Internet Security, Protection and Management Regulations (December 30, 1997)

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Software

• Measures for the Administration of Software Products (Promulgated on 27 October 2000 by the Ministry of Information Industry
  as Decree No. 5 [2000])
  
• Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software (June 4, 1991)

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Internet Access

• Revised Provisional Regulations Governing the Management of Chinese Computer Information Networks Connected to International Networks (February 1, 1996, Revised May 20, 1997)

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Internet Security

• Decision of the Standing Committee of NPC Regarding the Safeguarding of Internet Security (Adopted on 28 December 2000)

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Copyright

• Interpretation of Issues Regarding Applicable Laws for the Hearing of Copyright Disputes Involving Computer Networks

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• Ministry of Information Industry of China

• China Internet Network Information Center

• Chinese Domain Name Consortium

• Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong

• Eastlaw.net

• State Intellectual Property Office of China

• China IT & Law Centre, University of Hong Kong

Telecommunications:

• Reforming China's Telecommunications Laws - Lessons from the Australian Experience?, M. Taylor (pdf, 29 pages)

• (Dis)connecting the Pearl River Delta: Case Study of a Borderland Telecommunications Infrastructure in South China, 1978-2002 by Jack Linchuan Qiu (Word format)

Internet & E-Commerce:

• Introduction to E-Commerce Legislation in China, by Fuping Gao, via bakernet.com (Word format, 12 pages)

• The Internet in India and China, Press/Foster/Wolcott/McHenry, 2003 (pdf, 20 pages)

• People's Daily: Internet Brings Sweeping Changes to China, October 2002. (html)

• Tam, PohLee: E-com Legal Guide: Hong Kong, via bakerinfo.com, January 2001 (html)

• Chan, S.: China and Hong Kong: Two Systems, One Internet. E-Commerce Times (html) 

• Committee to Protect Journalists: The Great Firewall: China faces the Internet, 2001 (html)

• Hachigian, N.: China's cyber-strategy. Foreign Affairs, 80, 2, 2001 (html)

• Law, Y. & Lam, C.: Hong Kong and China: current e-commerce climate in Hong Kong and China. International Tax Review, 4, 124-127, 2001.

• Kennedy, G.: Electronic commerce in Hong Kong. In C. Heath & A.K. Sanders (Eds.), Intellectual property in the digital age: challenges for Asia (pp. 179-214). Boston: Kluwer Law International, 2001. 

• Internet Development in China - An Analysis of the CNNIC Survey Reports, Weigang Lu, 2000 (pdf, 12 pages)

• Kennedy, G.: E-commerce: The Taming of the Internet in China, The China Business Review Jul-Aug 2000 (pp.34-39), 2000. 

• Einhorn, B.: A Dragon Takes to the Web. BusinessWeek, February 2000. (html)

• Internet Adoption and Usage in China, Xueping Due, 1999 (pdf, 27 pages)

Internet Content Control:

• Internet Content Control in China, by Charles Li, via IJCLP.org (pdf, 40 pages)

• Panoptic Control: Regulation of the Internet in China by Surveillance, Tsui, 2002 (pdf, 21 pages)

• Internet in China: Big Mama is watching you, Thesis by Lokman Tsui, 2001 (pdf, 63 pages)

• People's Daily: China to Regulate BBS, 2000 (html)

• BBC News: China moves to control Internet, December 2000 (html) 

Domain Names:

• Wu, W.S.:  The New Hong Kong Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy: a comparative anaylsis. International Review of Law Computers & Technology, 6(3), 251-263, 2002.

• Lemon, S.: China hijacks Google's domain name, PC World.com, September 2002 (html)

Internet Banking:

• Internet Banking - Key Legal Considerations : Regional Overview - People's Republic of China (Excluding the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions), November 2000, via bakernet.com (Word format, 13 pages)

Computer Industry:

• Kraemer, K. and Dedrick, J.: Creating a computer industry giant: China’s industrial policies and outcomes in the 1990s., 2001 (pdf, 22 pages)

Legal Information:

• Update to Beyond the Border: The Chinese Legal Information System in Cyberspace, by Joan Liu, 2001 (html)