The Preschool Education Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) shall come into force on June 1, 2025.The development of preschool education adheres to the government’s leadership, mainly organized by the government, and vigorously develops inclusive preschool education.The state establishes a funding system for preschool education,Conditional places gradually promote the implementation of free preschool education.. Kindergartens should scientifically implement conservation and education activities that conform to the laws of preschool children’s physical and mental development and age characteristics, and may not teach primary school courses.
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The adoption of the pre-school education law provides a strong legal guarantee for the universal, inclusive, safe and high-quality development of pre-school education
The revised Regulations on the Payment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises shall come into force on June 1, 2025. The revised Regulations clearly state that,Organs, institutions and large enterprises shall not require small and medium-sized enterprises to accept unreasonable payment terms, methods, conditions and liabilities for breach of contract, and shall not default on the payment for goods, projects and services of small and medium-sized enterprises.. Organs and institutions purchasing goods, projects and services from small and medium-sized enterprises shall pay the money within 30 days from the date of delivery of the goods, projects and services; If there are other provisions in the contract, such provisions shall prevail, but the longest payment period shall not exceed 60 days.
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Guarantee the payment of small and medium-sized enterprises! The State Council’s order is coming!
On June 1, 2025, the "Decision of the State Council on Amending the Provisional Regulations on Express Delivery" came into effect, which filled the institutional gap in the management of express delivery packaging in China. A chapter is added to the revised "Regulations" as Chapter VI, which is entitled "Express Packaging", including Articles 37 to 45. explicitEncourage the establishment of packaging recycling facilities and equipment in express delivery business premises, enterprises and institutions, residential quarters and other appropriate places; Encourage enterprises engaged in express delivery business to guide users to reuse packaging materials through bonus points, delivery discounts and other means..
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Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Provisional Regulations on Express Delivery.
The National Internet Information Office and the Ministry of Public Security jointly promulgated the Measures for the Safety Management of Face Recognition Technology Application, which will come into force on June 1, 2025. The "Measures" stipulate the basic requirements and processing rules for the application of face recognition technology to process face information, the safety specifications for the application of face recognition technology, and the responsibilities of supervision and management. Among them, it is clear that there are other ways of non-face recognition technology to achieve the same goal or meet the same business requirements.Face recognition technology should not be used as the only verification method.. No organization or individual may mislead, cheat or coerce individuals to accept face recognition technology to verify their personal identity on the grounds of handling business and improving service quality.
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New regulations on the application of face recognition technology are introduced! It will take effect on June 1.
Six departments, including the National Health and Wellness Commission, jointly issued the Notice on Regulating the Management of Advance Payment in Public Medical Institutions, requiring public medical institutions to completely stop collecting advance payment for outpatients from March 31, 2025.Reduce the amount of advance payment for hospitalization from June 30, 2025.. The notice requires that public medical institutions should refer to the average hospitalization expenses and personal out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by inpatients in the first three years of the same disease, and reasonably determine the amount of hospitalization advance payment, and the amount of hospitalization advance payment for medical insurance patients will be reduced to the average level of individual out-of-pocket payment in the same disease and protection category.
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Advance payment for hospitalization in public hospitals, health!
In order to further facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, China has decided to expand the scope of visa-free countries, from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.Ordinary passport holders who come to China for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, exchange visits and transit for less than 30 days may be exempted from visas. Those who do not meet the visa-free conditions still need to complete their visas to China before entering the country.
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China has tried visa-free policies for these five countries.
On June 1, 2025, the revised Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties in People’s Republic of China (PRC) came into force. The "Regulations" have improved the relevant systems from these aspects:One isIt is stipulated that new plant varieties that violate the law and endanger social public interests and ecological environment shall not be granted variety rights.The second isIt is stipulated that except for the loss of novelty in sales and promotion, if it is confirmed by the competent departments of agriculture, rural areas, forestry and grassland of the provincial people’s government that the fact has spread according to the planting area, and if the crop varieties have been approved or registered for more than 2 years without applying for the right to new plant varieties, it is deemed to have lost novelty.The third isStrengthen the management of the names of authorized varieties, increase the cases that may not be used for variety naming, and make it clear that the names of authorized varieties do not meet the naming requirements, and shall be ordered to change their names. If they refuse to change their names, the variety rights shall be declared invalid.
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Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the revised Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties in People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The General Administration of Market Supervision issued the first industry standard for market supervision-Management Standard for Online Stores of Natural Persons, which came into effect on June 1, 2025. The "Management Specification" clarifies the requirements of online trading platform operators on the entry, operation, exit and data submission of natural person online shop platforms.The first is to unify the entry standards.. In the process of entry, according to the principle of minimum necessity, the scope of information collected by online trading platform operators when natural person online stores enter the platform is clarified to facilitate the market access of natural person online stores.The second is to unify operating rules.. In the operation link, the management requirements of online trading platform operators on the operation inspection, online store display, information publicity, consumer complaints, compliance management, rights relief and other aspects of natural person online stores are clarified, and natural person online stores are urged to operate according to laws and regulations.The third is the unified exit mechanism.. In the exit link, we will implement the statutory information disclosure requirements in detail and emphasize the protection of consumers’ legitimate rights and interests.The fourth is to unify the data submission standards.. Clarify the requirements of online trading platform operators for information record preservation of natural person online stores and the requirements for submitting data to market supervision departments, so as to lay a data foundation for intelligent supervision of online transactions.
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"Natural person online shop management standard" issued
The People’s Bank of China and other six departments jointly issued the Notice on Regulating Supply Chain Finance Business and Guiding Supply Chain Information Service Institutions to Serve SME Financing Better, which will take effect on June 15, 2025. The "Notice" requires that core enterprises in the supply chain pay the funds of SMEs in a timely manner, share the financing costs of the supply chain reasonably, and must not use their dominant position to default on the accounts of SMEs or improperly increase the accounts receivable of SMEs.It is clear that the payment term of accounts receivable in electronic certificate should be within 6 months in principle, and the longest is no more than 1 year.Encourage commercial banks to develop diversified supply chain financial models, and support supply chain enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to carry out credit loans and pledge financing business based on movable property and rights such as orders, inventories and warehouse receipts.
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The relevant person in charge of the People’s Bank of China answered a reporter’s question on "Notice on Regulating Supply Chain Finance Business and Guiding Supply Chain Information Service Institutions to Serve SME Financing Better"
The Measures for the Promotion and Management of Catering Industry jointly revised and issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission will be implemented on June 15, 2025, and the original Measures for the Management of Catering Industry (Trial) will be abolished at the same time. The revision of the Measures highlights the promotion orientation.Increase the catering industry’s foreign exchange and cooperation, digital development, standard system revision, and cultivation of local specialty catering.And other encouraging provisions to guide the high-quality development of the catering industry. Strictly comply with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, fromInternal management, reminders, feeding links, consumption scenariosClarify the anti-food waste requirements and encouraging measures of catering service operators, and optimize and adjust the relevant requirements of operation and management. At the same time, improve the responsibilities of relevant competent departments and the terms of law enforcement convergence, and increase relevant contents such as promoting industry development, stopping food waste and safe production.
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The Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission revised and promulgated the Measures for the Promotion and Management of Catering Industry.
On June 1, 2025, the "Measures for the Administration of Adopting International Standards" revised by the General Administration of Market Supervision came into effect. The main contents of the revision include:One isClarify the scope of the adopted international standards and the scope of the subject of adopting standards.The second isEstablish a tracking mechanism for the whole process of international standards.The third isClarify the requirements for the formulation cycle of national standards.The fourth isStrengthen the requirements of copyright policy.The fifth isImprove the supervision and error correction mechanism adopting international standards.
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It will be implemented on June 1! "Management Measures for Adopting International Standards" was promulgated
The national standard "Standard for Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Credit" (GB/T 45255-2025) jointly drafted by the National Center for Public Credit and Geospatial Information, China National Institute of Standardization and other units was implemented on June 1, 2025. This standard is based on the general principle, evaluation content, evaluation grade expression method and meaning, evaluation cycle, evaluation verification and evaluation application of public credit comprehensive evaluation.The technical requirements for comprehensive evaluation of public credit are stipulated.It provides reference for all regions and departments to promote the comprehensive evaluation and application of public credit, and is of great significance for accelerating the construction of a new credit-based supervision mechanism.
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The National Development and Reform Commission promotes the publication of the national standard "Standard for Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Credit"
On June 1st, 2025, the Measures for Meteorological Application and Service of Artificial Intelligence issued by China Meteorological Bureau and National Internet Information Office came into effect. The Measures takes "agile governance" as an important principle, respects the development law of artificial intelligence, and adheres to the legislative orientation of promoting innovation and governing according to law. "Measures" revolve aroundData Openness, Algorithm Model Development and Application Scenario EmpowermentAnd put forward specific policy support and promotion measures to strengthenArtificial intelligence and meteorological monitoring and early warning, forecasting and numerical forecastingDeep integration of applications in other fields, and construction of artificial intelligence meteorological application service scenarios. At the same time, it provides for the competent meteorological departments to participate in the development and governance of artificial intelligence application services in the international meteorological field.
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Measures for Meteorological Application Services of Artificial Intelligence released
