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2025-09
To further enhance community residents' legal awareness and rule-of-law literacy, and effectively address the legal challenges they face in their daily lives, on September 12, the Intellectual Property Center Team I of Zhongcheng Qingtai Jinan Office proactively went to the grassroots level, visiting the Wulipafang Community in Huaiyin District to launch the "Law Nourishes the Community" public legal education and publicity campaign. This initiative brought practical, livelihood-oriented legal knowledge—and professional, efficient legal services—right to residents' doorsteps, using the warmth of the law to strengthen the community's rule-of-law defense system.
2025-09-15
10
2025-09
Recently, the People's Government of Jiyang District, Jinan City, publicly announced the proposed list of candidates appointed as legal advisors (members of the expert pool) to the Jiyang District Committee and Government of Jinan City for the third term. Lin Jing and Lin Aili, partners at Zhongcheng Qingtai Law Firm in Jinan, were successfully selected thanks to their outstanding professional expertise, solid legal foundation, and extensive practical experience.
2025-09-10
09
2025-09
Perspective | Qualifying Infringement in Trademark Rights Disputes
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech on comprehensively strengthening intellectual property protection while presiding over the 25th collective study session of the 19th Central Political Bureau. The report from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized, "We must enhance the rule-of-law safeguards for intellectual property rights and establish a foundational system that supports comprehensive innovation." In response, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council jointly issued the "Outline for Building a Country Strong in Intellectual Property (2021–2035)," while the State Council released the "National Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization during the 14th Five-Year Plan period." Additionally, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection." These directives and government documents have already laid out a comprehensive top-level design for building and enhancing intellectual property protection. To implement the deployment on intellectual property protection made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, local governments and people's courts across the country have also formulated specific guidelines tailored to their respective jurisdictions, such as the "Guiding Opinions of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court on Implementing the Strictest Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights to Provide Judicial Support for High-Quality Development," the "Revised Guidelines for Handling Civil Disputes Involving Trademark Infringement Cases by the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court," the "Implementation Opinions of the Tianjin Higher People's Court on Strengthening Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights," and the "Opinions of the Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court on Providing High-Quality Judicial Services to Support High-Quality Development."
2025-09-09
08
2025-09
On September 4, Liu Yadong, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Shandong-ASEAN Talent Industry Research Institute, along with Vice Directors Fan Jinghui and Qu Huiming, and Head of the Education Cooperation Department Qu Huiming, paid a visit to Zhongcheng Qingtai's Jinan office for an exchange and to sign a strategic cooperation agreement. They were warmly received by Geng Guoyu, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Jinan office, as well as Deputy Directors Cao Xiaoha and Yu Cuilan, and partners Zhang Hao and lawyer Yao Runzi.
2025-09-08
08
2025-09
The new Company Law, effective July 1, 2024, establishes a systematic shareholder forfeiture mechanism. Through Articles 51 to 53, it creates a comprehensive regulatory framework that integrates the board of directors' obligation to verify and urge payment, the shareholder forfeiture procedure, and the directors' liability—forming a unified system. This institutional reform marks a pivotal shift in China's corporate capital system, transitioning from a fully subscribed model to a limited subscription model, while simultaneously strengthening the mechanisms that ensure the adequate capitalization of companies.
2025-09-08
05
2025-09
On September 4th, the appointment ceremony for the fourth Jinan Municipal People's Government legal advisors was held. Yu Haitian, Deputy Secretary of the Jinan Municipal Committee and Mayor, attended the meeting and presented appointment letters to the representatives of the fourth municipal government legal advisors. Six lawyers from Zhongcheng Qingtai Jinan Office—Geng Guoyu, Yao Huming, Meng Fanhu, Shi Guangbo, Wu Haiyang, and Dong Guoai—were successfully appointed due to their outstanding professional abilities, bringing new honor to the law firm.
2025-09-05
05
2025-09
On July 21, 2025, the State Council officially announced the "Housing Leasing Regulations," which will come into effect on September 15, 2025. This is China's first administrative regulation specifically governing the housing rental market. Based on higher-level laws such as the "Civil Code," the regulations further clarify the rights and obligations of the parties involved in leasing and establish necessary guidance and supervision measures for market entities such as housing rental companies and brokerage agencies. The introduction of these regulations comes at a critical time when China's real estate market is accelerating its transition to a dual system of renting and purchasing. The aim is to provide strong legal protection for the high-quality development of the housing rental market by improving institutional supply. In recent years, the housing rental sector has faced practical issues such as substandard housing conditions, unstable rental relationships, and frequent deposit disputes. The regulations address these challenges by balancing the interests of landlords and tenants, moderately favoring tenant rights, and highlighting a legislative focus on safeguarding people's livelihood. This article will focus on analyzing the allocation of rights and obligations between landlords and tenants under these regulations, aiming to accurately apply the new rules and prevent legal risks.
2025-09-05
04
2025-09
On September 2nd, under the guidance of the Financial Committee Office of the Jinan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Private Equity Fund Investment Exit Practice Forum and the Inaugural Meeting of the Overseas Listing Professional Committee of the Jinan Fund Industry Association were successfully held at the Kechuang Financial Center in Lixia District, Jinan. The event was jointly organized by the Jinan Fund Industry Association and Zhongcheng Qingtai Law Firm, and hosted by the Shandong Branch of Lixin Dehao Management Consulting Co., Ltd. and Qilu Science and Technology Financial Building. Centered on the theme "Focusing on Private Equity Exit Practices, Empowering Capital Ecosystem Development," the event attracted over 100 participants on-site and reached more than 1,000 viewers through online live streaming, achieving the dual goals of practical exchange and the implementation of cross-border capital service mechanisms.
2025-09-04
03
2025-09
On August 1, 2025, the Supreme People's Court issued the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Labor Dispute Cases (II)" (hereinafter referred to as "Judicial Interpretation II"), which will come into effect on September 1, 2025. "Judicial Interpretation II" provides detailed provisions on the identification and responsibility of mixed employment labor relationships, recognition of foreign labor relationships, calculation methods and exceptions for double wages in the absence of a written labor contract, recognition of consecutive fixed-term labor contracts signed twice, non-competition restrictions during employment, legal consequences of agreed non-payment of social insurance, among other matters. Some articles essentially fix mainstream judicial views, while others unify controversial judicial standards in practice. The following is the author's article-by-article interpretation of "Judicial Interpretation II."
2025-09-03
03
2025-09
Perspective | Research on Legal Risks of Financing Trade and Its Prevention Mechanisms
Financing trade, as an emerging business practice, plays an important role in promoting capital flow and trade development. However, its complex transaction structures and potential legal risks have also sparked considerable controversy. This article, from a legal perspective, deeply analyzes common models of financing trade and the inherent legal risks, explores response strategies under the current legal framework, and, combined with the latest policy provisions, proposes how enterprises should optimize internal management to prevent risks, aiming to provide useful references for related enterprises and theoretical support for improving relevant legal regulations.
2025-09-03
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