The State Council duly published the Regulations on the Administration of Pollutant Discharge Permits (“Regulations”) on January 24, 2021. This mentions the administrative regulations for application and approval of pollutant discharge permit, legal liability to be assumed by Pollutant Discharge Entities, concurrent and ex-post supervision of pollutant discharge permit, etc. The Regulations have been duly implemented as of March 1, 2021.

What will result into the blacklisting of a market participant? So far, there’s no comprehensive standardized rating standard for the national blacklists existing in China, but various government authorities have developed and maintain respectively their separate rating standards. Corpora-tions can be placed on a blacklist due to a particular violation or because of a poor social credit score. Once a market participant is blacklisted by a government authority, all other relevant gov-ernment bodies will be informed immediately.

商标和字号是消费者区分商品与服务来源的重要标识，对企业来说是一种重要的无形资产但由于商标与字号分属于两个不同的行政部门管辖，且依据不同的法律而产生，所以在二者登记信息相互隔绝的情况下，实践中会出现同一字号与商标由不同主体持有的情况。特别是有人出于恶意，将他人的商标登记为企业字号，以达到傍名牌、搭便车的不正当目的。此时，商标权人可以根据《商标法》和《反不正当竞争法》的规定寻求司法、行政救济。本文将从侵权形式和救济途径两个方面进行简要介绍。