Issue 20

Shanghai Weekly Bulletin

No. 3,November 2023

Shanghai Weekly Bulletin is an information service presented by the Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government in collaboration with Wolters Kluwer to foreign-funded enterprises, foreign-related institutions as well as people from overseas living in Shanghai. Covering major national and Shanghai foreign-related news, event information, policy Q&A and interpretations in the past week, it keeps you up-to-date with the latest foreign-related policies and developments in Shanghai.

Laws and Regulations

【National】

1. SAMR Consults Public on Interim Measures for Online Platforms to Assist in Law Enforcement Personnel's Investigation of Online Transactions 

【Keyword: Online Transactions; Assistance in Law Enforcement Personnel's Investigation】

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released on November 14, 2023 the Interim Measures for Online Platforms to Assist in Law Enforcement Personnel's Investigation of Online Transactions (Exposure Draft) for public comment until December 14, 2023. 

Source: SAMR

2.Draft Revisions to the Customs Law under Comment 

【Keyword: Customs Law】

The General Administration of Customs (GAC) recently released a circular to solicit public opinions on the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Revisions). The deadline for feedback is December 10, 2023. The draft revised law has 113 articles in ten chapters, namely General Provisions, Customs Law Enforcement Measures and Supervision, Customs Risk Management, Enterprise Management, Inward and Outward Means of Transport, Inward and Outward Goods, Inward and Outward Articles, Customs Duties and Customs Affairs Guarantee, and Legal Liabilities.

Source: GAC 

【Shanghai】

1. Shanghai Issues Plan on the Setup of the Pilot Zone for "Silk Road" E-commerce 

【Keyword: Silk Road E-commerce; Pilot Zone】

The Plan on the Setup of the Pilot Zone for "Silk Road" E-commerce in Shanghai was recently released. The plan proposes 19 tasks and measures in three aspects, including expanding opening-up of e-commerce, creating a pilot environment, and vigorously promoting international and regional exchanges and cooperation.

Source: Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce

2.Shanghai Issues Special Cooperation Plan for High-end Business Service Platforms in Hongqiao International Central Business District

【Keyword: Hongqiao; High-end Business Service Platforms】

Four units including the Shanghai Branch of the Export-Import Bank of China recently released the Special Cooperation Plan for High-end Business Service Platforms in Hongqiao International Central Business District. According to the plan, the Shanghai Branch of the Export-Import Bank of China will provide enterprises with comprehensive financial services in "financing" and "intelligence integration" by fully leveraging the policies and special products that support imports by enterprises and relying on in-house research results.

Source：Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission

3.Market Regulators of Three Provinces and One City in the Yangtze River Delta Issue Guidelines for Construction of Food Safety Supervision Training Centers

【Keyword: Yangtze River Delta; Food Safety】

Market regulators of three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta recently issued the Guidelines for Construction of Food Safety Supervision Training Centers. The document specifies the scope of training centers to be established, as well as the principles of establishment, division of functions, basic conditions, regular notifications, usage management and so on.

Source: Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation

4. Shanghai Issues Guidelines to Clarify Benefits of Work-related Injury Insurance

【Keyword: Work-related Injury Insurance】

Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau recently issued the Guidelines on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Shanghai Work-related Injury Insurance Measures, which will take effect on December 1, 2023 and remain valid until November 30, 2028. The document sets regulations on the jurisdiction over the acceptance of applications for claiming work-related injury insurance benefits by employees, and on the details of insurance benefits.

Source: Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau

One Week in Shanghai

【Forum & Exhibition】

1. Global Data Ecosystem Conference 2023 to Be Held

【Keyword: Global Data Ecosystem Conference】

Global Data Ecosystem Conference 2023 will open in Shanghai on November 25. The conference, themed on "Connecting the World Digitally, Connecting the Future of Data Ecosystem", highlights the role of data as a production factor in boosting the real economy in the era of digital transformation, and aims to serve as a bellwether in global data markets.

Source：Global Data Ecosystem Conference

2.2023 International Automotive Electronics and Software Conference · Dishui Lake Summit to Be Held

【Keyword: International Automotive Electronics and Software Conference】

China Society of Automotive Engineers and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-gang Special Area Administration will co-organize the International Automotive Electronics and Software Conference · Dishui Lake Summit between November 29 and December 1, 2023. The three-day summit will be highlighted by intensive discussions, exchanges and cooperation on innovative development of intelligent connected vehicle electronics and software. 

Source：Lin-gang Special Area

【Culture & Art】

1. Several Authentic Works of Leonardo da Vinci Will Debut in Shanghai

【Keyword: Leonardo da Vinci】

"Dialogue with Leonardo da Vinci - Special Exhibition of Renaissance and Oriental Aesthetics" will open at the Shanghai Museum from December 10, 2023. The exhibition features 18 Renaissance art treasures from the collections of the Ambrose Library and Gallery in Milan, the National Gallery of Parma and the Casa Buonarroti in Florence.

Source：Shanghai Huangpu

2. Spanish Art Master Tàpies's Centenary Exhibition Makes a Stunning Appearance

【Keyword: Tàpies】

The heavyweight exhibition "Antoni Tàpies - Dialogue with Objects" will be held at the Shanghai Bund Art Center between November 6, 2023 and January 7, 2024. The exhibition features works created by Tàpies spanning more than two decades (1986-2010).

Source：Shanghai Huangpu

【Corporate Activities】

1. DSM-Firmenich Increases Use of Green Power to Boost Green Transformation of Production and Operation in Shanghai

【Keyword: DSM-Firmenich】

DSM-Firmenich recently announced that its three operating sites in Shanghai have reached a five-year energy cooperation framework agreement with Huaneng Shanghai Energy Sales Co., Ltd., and will gradually achieve 100 percent of green power supply from 2024 to 2028, to drive green transformation from factory to laboratory and office area.

Source：Pudong Release

2.Freudenberg Inks Memorandum of Cooperation with National Innovation Center par Excellence

【Keyword: Freudenberg】

Freudenberg, a global technology group headquartered in Weinheim, Germany, hosted the "Freudenberg Group Innovation and Technology Summit" during the China International Import Expo and signed a memorandum of cooperation with the National Innovation Center par Excellence to establish a "global innovation partnership".

Source：China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

【Training】

1. Case-based Explanation - Corporate IPR Protection and Risk Prevention

【Keyword: IPR】

In order to help Shanghai's foreign-funded enterprises further improve their IPR protection and risk mitigation capabilities, the Shanghai Foreign Investment Association has invited Ling Song, a judge at the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, to give a lecture on November 23. The lecture is titled "Case-based Explanation - Corporate IPR Protection and Risk Prevention".

Source：Shanghai Foreign Investment Association

Q&A

Q1: Policy Q&A on Shanghai's Guidelines on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation Measures for Work-related Injury Insurance - After an employee is injured in an accident or suffers from an occupational disease and is recognized as a work-related injury, who will bear the cost of work-related injury insurance benefits?

A: Employers shall participate in work-related injury insurance in accordance with the law, and the employee's work-related injury insurance relationship shall take effect when the employer completes the registration procedures for the insurance.

If an employee is injured in an accident or suffers from an occupational disease after the work-related injury insurance relationship takes effect, the employer and the work-related injury insurance fund shall pay the expenses in accordance with the work-related injury insurance benefit items and standards stipulated in the "Implementation Measures".

If an employee is injured in an accident or suffers from an occupational disease before the work-related injury insurance relationship takes effect, the employer shall pay the expenses in accordance with the work-related injury insurance benefit items and standards stipulated in the "Implementation Measures".

Q2: Policy Q&A on Shanghai's Guidelines on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation Measures for Work-related Injury Insurance - After a labor dispatch worker is injured at work, how is the floating premium of work-related injury insurance assessed?

A: If a labor dispatch worker is injured in an accident or suffers from an occupational disease, the actual employer shall pay for the floating premium of work-related injury insurance. 

When a labor dispatch unit dispatches employees to entities such as foreign business offices in Shanghai that are not qualified as labor employers in this city, and the dispatched personnel are injured in accidents or suffer from occupational diseases that are recognized as work-related injuries, the labor dispatch unit shall bear the cost for the floating premium of work-related injury insurance.