China: Contract of Employment

China's Supreme People's Court has issued new guidance that fundamentally changes how non-compete clauses are enforced, shifting the focus from job titles and contract language to whether employees actually had access to confidential information. The interpretation, effective September 2025, requires employers to demonstrate that restrictions are proportionate and necessary, potentially invalidating broad standard-form clauses applied across entire workforces.

根据我国现行《公司法》第二百六十五条规定，高级管理人员是指公司的经理、副经理、财务负责人，上市公司董事会秘书和公司章程规定的其他人员。前述高级管理人员，根据《公司法》或依据公司章程规定，通常需要由公司董事会决定聘任或解聘。大部分经由董事会聘任的高级管理人员A

Foreign employers in China often believe signed vacation policies protect them from annual leave disputes, but Chinese law places the burden of arranging, tracking, and compensating statutory leave squarely on the employer. This article examines how cumulative work history determines entitlements, why "use it or lose it" clauses fail without proper documentation, and what compliance gaps emerge when companies wait for employees to request time off instead of proactively managing leave obligations.

2026年1月1日起，新修订的《上市公司治理准则》（"《治理准则》"）已经正式实施。

Effective 1 January 2026, the newly revised Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies ("Governance Code") has officially come into force. Formulated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC")...

Guidelines send a clear & coordinated signal: non-compete clauses must be narrowly tailored, properly justified & supported by fair compensation.

《劳动合同法》四十四条将用人单位解散作为劳动合同终止的法定事由，该终止路径对所有类型员工均可适用，因而在规模化人员安置实务中

Over the past few years, our law firm has been flooded with requests from foreign companies looking to shut down or scale back their China operations.

本文将从笔者近两年处理的系列限制性股票损失案件为视角，结合京沪深三地审判实践，对该类案件进行粗浅的法律分析。