China News Service, Beijing, July 31st. The new anti-monopoly law is officially implemented, and used cars are no longer restricted to move, freezing and starving, and insulting and stalking are all domestic violence... From August 1, these new regulations will affect people's lives.

New antitrust law adds provisions to protect personal privacy

  The 35th meeting of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee voted on June 24 to revise the anti-monopoly law, which will come into force on August 1, 2022.

This is the first revision of the antitrust law since it was implemented in 2008.

  The revised Anti-Monopoly Law improves the design of relevant systems, such as encouraging innovation while protecting fair competition in the market; clarifying that operators operate compliantly while competing in accordance with the law; stipulating safe harbour rules for monopoly agreements; relevant regulations on the protection of information.

Starvation, frequent insults, threats are all domestic violence

  The "Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Personal Safety Protection Order Cases" came into effect on August 1.

The "Regulations" expand the categories of domestic violence by enumerating, making it clear that starvation and frequent insults, defamation, threats, stalking, and harassment are all domestic violence.

This further clarifies the scope of application of personal safety protection orders and protects family members from various forms of domestic violence.

It is clear that applying for a personal safety protection order to the people's court is not conditional on filing civil lawsuits such as divorce.

Data map: Photo by Chinanews reporter Li Peiyun

Completely abolish the policy of restricting the relocation of used cars

  According to the requirements of the "Notice on Several Measures to Revitalize Automobile Circulation and Expand Automobile Consumption", all regions will strictly implement the policy of comprehensively canceling the relocation restrictions on used cars. ) to cancel the restrictions on the relocation of small non-operating used cars that meet the National V emission standards, and promote the free circulation of used cars and the cross-regional operation of enterprises.

The number of packaging layers for dumplings and moon cakes cannot exceed three layers at most

  The Amendment No. 1 of the National Standard for Restricting Excessive Packaging of Commodities for Food and Cosmetics (GB 23350-2021) issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation will be implemented from August 15.

According to this mandatory national standard, the number of packaging layers for rice dumplings and moon cakes should not exceed three layers at most, and the packaging materials should not use precious metals and mahogany materials.

  In response to the excessive packaging of rice dumplings and moon cakes, the standard has been revised to further reduce the number of packaging layers, compress packaging gaps, and reduce packaging costs.

According to estimates, the packaging volume of rice dumplings will be reduced by 58%, and the packaging volume of moon cakes will be reduced by 42%.

At the same time, strict mixing requirements stipulate that rice dumplings should not be mixed with other products that exceed their price, and mooncakes should not be mixed with other products.

Data map: Photo by Wang Yaoyao

The "Black Land Protection Law" will severely punish theft and digging

  The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Black Soils came into effect on August 1. This is the first time that my country has enacted legislation on the protection of black soils.

The law clarifies that no organization or individual may damage the black land resources and ecological environment.

Piracy, excessive digging and illegal trading of black soil are prohibited.

The competent department of natural resources under the State Council, together with the departments of agriculture and rural affairs, water administration, public security, transportation, and market supervision and management, shall establish and improve the supervision and management system for the protection of black land resources, and improve the prevention and control of illegal digging, indiscriminate digging, illegal trading of black soil and other damage to black land resources. , the comprehensive management ability of ecological environment behavior.

New Internet Account Management Regulations Clarify Subject Responsibilities

  The "Regulations on the Management of Internet User Account Information" issued by the Cyberspace Administration of the People's Republic of China came into effect on August 1. The "Regulations" clarified the norms for account information management, requiring Internet information service providers to fulfill the main responsibility for account information management, equipment and service scale. Appropriate professionals and technical capabilities; establish, improve and strictly implement management systems such as real identity information authentication, account information verification, information content security, ecological governance, emergency response, and personal information protection; improve complaint and report acceptance, screening, disposal, and feedback and other mechanisms; establish and improve the Internet user account credit management system; take corresponding measures to deal with the illegal registration and use of account information.

Data map: Photo by Chinanews reporter Li Peiyun

APP information service management regulations propose the protection of minors

  The newly revised "Regulations on the Administration of Mobile Internet Application Information Services" will come into force on August 1.

The new "Regulations" require that application providers and application distribution platforms should fulfill the main responsibility of information content management, establish and improve information content security management, information content ecological governance, data security and personal information protection, minors protection and other management systems, Ensure network security and maintain a good network ecology.

Increase the proportion of construction progress payment

  The "Notice on Improving the Relevant Measures for the Settlement of Construction Project Prices" issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development came into effect on August 1.

The "Notice" clarifies that the proportion of progress payment for construction projects should be increased.

Government agencies, institutions, and state-owned enterprises should pay no less than 80% of the completed project price; at the same time, on the premise of ensuring that the general (budget) budget of the project and the project's final (settlement) work are carried out smoothly In addition to retaining the quality deposit not exceeding 3% of the total project price as agreed in the contract, the payment ratio of the progress payment can be determined by both parties according to the actual situation of the project.

  During the settlement process, if the progress payment exceeds the actual completed project price, the contractor shall return the over-received project progress payment to the contract issuing unit within 30 days after settlement according to regulations.

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