An enterprise may relocate its business premises in the course of operation due to policy changes, strategic adjustments, or other reasons. Given that the business premises of an enter-prise are generally the workplace of its employees, the relocation of the business premises might have certain impact on the employees’ performance of their labor contracts. This article will focus on key labor issues in case of enterprise relocation and provide suggestions for enterprises to properly handle such issues.

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.