When someone talks about employee personal information protection, it will inevitably involve the issue of employee privacy protection. What is privacy? What is the relationship between privacy and personal information? And what are the key privacy issues employers should pay attention to? These issues often bother employers. After the Personal Information Protection Law comes into effect, employers will face the issue of employee privacy protection more frequently as more and more employees will become aware of their rights to personal information and privacy.

Following the local emission trading markets’ pilot programs, the National Carbon Emission Trade Scheme was officially launched on July 16, 2021. Since the establishment of goals such as “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality”, we have noticed that more investors (including foreign investors) want to join the local carbon emission trading markets in China. We have compiled our responses to several questions that potential investors may have.

The Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted and issued on August 20, 2021 after a review by the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress, and will come into effect on November 1, 2021.

The PIPL is the first law in China to specifically regulate the protection of personal information.