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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

New Interpretations from China's Supreme People’s Court: What Multinational Employers Need to Know

Morgan Lewis on 9/3/2025

The highest court in China recently released new interpretations regarding the application of laws in labor dispute cases, which took effect on September 1, 2025. These bring clarity to a range of employment issues in China,...more

China: Restrictive Covenants

Mayer Brown on 7/26/2024

AT A GLANCE - The only post-employment restrictive covenant explicitly stipulated under the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) labour laws is the non-compete restrictive covenant. The employer and the employee may agree on...more

Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: March-April 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/6/2023

Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. ...more

Compensation Paid to the Employee to Enforce Non-Competition Obligations in China

K&L Gates LLP on 4/12/2018

Under PRC Labor Contract Law, a labor contract will usually contain non-competition provisions. Where it does not, an employer and employee may enter into a separate non-competition or confidentiality agreement. Typically,...more

It’s All Good in China, Until It Isn’t: Tips and Flags for PRC Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/22/2016

Due to factors such as China’s rapid economic development, a disconnect between legislation and enforcement, the country’s historic reliance on personal connections (or guanxi) to do business, and idiosyncratic local...more

Supreme People Court's Interpretation on Employment Law Issues

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/22/2013

Employers need be aware of a recent interpretation issued by the PRC Supreme Court which clarifies a number of employment issues related to service year, non-competition, amendment to employment contract and employment...more

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