CHIS
Info-Consultant (Sino-Guide)
http://sino-guide.freeservers.com/sino-law.htm
This website is a single-page information site
advertising a CD ROM which lists publications on PRC laws (up to 1999). The CD
can be ordered online from the site.
Sino
Law Information Company, Ltd.
www.sinolaw.com.cn
Sino Law is a fee-based
website
for accessing both legal and government information on China. This
website contains an online legal database that offers resources by which to
understand China’s legal system and culture.
This online database covers a variety of legal topics including Constitution
and Basic Laws, Civil and Commercial Laws, Intellectual Property Rights,
Administrative Laws, and Other Laws. The
site offers up-to-date English translations of all major business laws and
regulations. Current information on newly adopted laws, new regulations, and
changes or amendments to existing laws and regulations is promised to the
website’s subscribers. The other
online database offered is the China Government Guide. The website claims that
this Guide is the first Internet database for China’s government which
contains
sections on Who’s Who, Missions, Directories, Biographies, and Photos.
Subscription forms and listed fees are also available online.
Internet
Chinese Legal Research Center (中国法)
http://ls.wustl.edu/chinalaw
This
website is maintained by the Law School at Washington University, Saint Louis.
The website offers a list of other websites providing information on laws in mainland China,
Taiwan, and Hong Kong. China web link categories include: legal resources on the
Internet, news sources on the Internet, strategies for web-based searches of
China’s laws, courses offered by North American law schools, and summer law
courses sponsored by American universities but offered by Chinese or Hong Kong
law programs. Each category provides a good list of accessible websites. The
category concerning legal resources on the Internet, for instance, provides
clickable links to web-based information on China’s laws or to offices such as
China’s Procuratorate, the Patent Office, and the Securities Regulatory
Commission. One promising link listed, www.hg.org/firms-china.htm,
offers a selection of Chinese law firms but is still under construction.
China
Reference (中花资讯站)
www.chinareference.com
Founded by Asian Information
Resources Ltd., this website offers
extensive resources concerning business information in Greater
China. The information on the English mirror site includes current news, laws
and regulations, statistics, information for various professions, analysis and
predictions, investment guides, intellectual property rights, tax collection and
regulations, and business travel tips. Users must subscribe to the site to obtain data and information;
however, it is not clear whether subscriptions are free or only available for a
fee. Subscription methods and further information are only available by
contacting customer service online.
China Law Info (北大法律 信息网).
www.chinalawinfo.com
This website is maintained by Beijing University’s
Law School and offers not only legal consulting services but also
information on frequently referenced laws
and regulations, legal cases, legal research and education, and China's law
database. Chinalawinfo Co. Ltd. is a company, affiliated with Beijing University’s Law School and its Center for
Legal Information, whose
professed expertise lies in the electronic management of China's
legal resources. The
company’s staff are advertised as professionally trained bilingual experts on Chinese law. The website’s online database, with fee-based access, features laws and
regulations, selected laws, cases, law journals, gazettes, and white papers. In
addition, the website offers a legal forum for discussions on subjects such as
the legal system of the PRC, hot topics in law, featured articles, speeches,
interpretations of Chinese law, case analyses, and thesis abstracts. The
website’s Community section lists web links to China’s law firms,
law schools, people in the know, and an online law school. There is a
Legislation Brief section containing summaries and titles of local and national
level legislation that are also categorized by different legal areas. The online
legal news provided is updated daily.
China Site (中国大全迷津指点)
http://chinasite.com/law.html
This website is another site which provides an online list of resources
concerning China’s laws, law firms, and law enforcement. The website is
clearly written, but not all of the listings are accessible. The website offers
a limited number of links to other
websites.
Additional Sites (东方律师
and 中国法律资源网)
One
other site for online law information in China is www.lawbase.com.cn
(links to law resources, government offices, police bureaus, and lawyers are
available).
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