<div style="text-align: justify;">On the morning of January 14th, 2022, the 3rd Academic Annual Conference of Beijing DHH Law Firm was successfully held. Professor JIAO Hongchang, Dean of the Law School of China University of Political Science and Law; Professor ZHANG Xinbao from&nbsp;Renmin University of China Law School; Professor SHEN Weixing, Dean of Tsinghua University Law School; Professor ZHANG Shouwen of Peking University Law School; Professor HUANG Yong of the Law School of the University of International Business and Economics; Researcher LIU Jingdong of the Institute of International Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Professor CHE Hao, Vice Dean of Peking University Law School; Professor CAI Chang of the School of Finance and Taxation of the Central University of Finance and Economics; Dr. YUAN Fang, Editor-in-Chief of China Legal Review; LI Xuxiu, President and Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong Deheng Law Firm; as well as Dr. LIU Kejiang, President of DHH, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the firm; Dr. JIANG Bo, Member of the Party Committee and Executive Director; Lawyer ZHAO Ying, Managing&nbsp;Director; Lawyer ZHU Ning, Management Director; and nearly 100 partners and lawyers of DHH attended the annual conference. <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/4fde4d6d8ffb033ee6e9d0a5db1ffb3a.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 505px;" /> The annual conference commenced at 9 a.m., hosted by ZHU Ning, Management Director of DHH.&nbsp;Dr. LIU Kejiang delivered the opening address on behalf of the organizer. In his speech, President LIU first extended heartfelt gratitude and a warm welcome to all experts and professors present. He noted that for years, numerous lawyers have accumulated profound theoretical works and rich academic resources while deepening their practical expertise. He hoped the conference would further inspire all DHH partners and lawyers to strive forward, promote the integration of legal theory and practice, and collectively contribute to China&#39;s rule of law construction. <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/4b94d38e46eefda948ac25d29af079a5.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /> Professor JIAO Hongchang delivered the opening speech on behalf of the Law School of China University of Political Science and Law, the academic supporter of the conference. He fully affirmed DHH&#39;s development path of integrating theory with practice, emphasizing the inseparability of legal practice and academic research. Professor JIAO encouraged all DHH colleagues to strengthen cooperation with law schools and cultivate more outstanding legal talents. Under the moderation of Dr. JIANG Bo, Executive Director of DHH, the annual conference entered the academic report and expert commentary session. Lawyers WANG Yuejian, REN Hui, GAO Lijiao, XIN Xiaotian, YANG Zhuokong, QIN Hui, ZHU Bing, and ZHOU Ailin from DHH&#39;s offices across the country took the stage in sequence to share their reflections on relevant theoretical issues in legal practice.Professors ZHANG Xinbao, CHE Hao, ZHANG Shouwen, CAI Chang, HUANG Yong and Researcher LIU Jingdong, delivered incisive comments on the lawyers&#39; reports. They integrated their own reflections on related issues in legal research and cutting-edge academic theories based on the eight report themes. Next came the award ceremony and new book launch session, hosted by Lawyer ZHAO Ying. <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/4a29fb0b259d0a349dc124daeff10b01.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 386px;" /> In his speech, Professor SHEN Weixing&nbsp;stated that this annual conference was full of highlights, with both excellent content and form, and equal emphasis on theory and practice. DHH&#39;s continuation of the tradition of holding lawyer practice academic annual conferences has built a bridge between the theoretical and practical circles, which is of great significance. While fully affirming the academic research level of DHH lawyers, Professor SHEN hoped that DHH lawyers would continue to study diligently and practice earnestly to make greater contributions to the realization of good law and good governance. <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/97ba788650e26c3d29a117577ffaf37c.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /> <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/3c04a125714139c248c856eae6f24943.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /> On behalf of the co-organizer Shandong Deheng Law Firm, President and Party Secretary LI Xuxiu delivered a closing speech. President LI extended sincere respect to all guests who took time out of their busy schedules to attend the academic annual conference and heartfelt thanks to all personnel who had done a lot of work for the successful holding of this annual conference. President LI said that DHH and Deheng law firms share the same origin, adhering to the professional path and building academic law firms. He hoped that the two firms could continue to collaborate in the future to make the academic annual conference increasingly sophisticated and impactful. <img alt="" src="https://deheheng.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/file/202506/f2fd8779664b9720e2dd04b24c96d583.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 339px;" /> &nbsp;</div>

DHH 2022 Annual Academic Conference Successfully Held

Announcement No. 59 [2020] of the MOFCOM: Preliminary Determination on Anti-dumping Investigation against Imported Wines Originating in Australia On November 27, 2020, Ministry of Commerce of the&nbsp;People&rsquo;s&nbsp;Republic of China (the&nbsp;&ldquo;MOFCOM&rdquo;)&nbsp;issued Announcement No. 59 of 2020, making public the preliminary determination on anti-dumping investigation against imported wines originating in Australia. On August 18, 2020, the MOFCOM issued Announcement No. 34 of 2020, making public its decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation against imported wines originating in Australia. The MOFCOM preliminarily determined that the subject merchandise originating in Australia dumped in China, related domestic wine industry suffered material injury and there is casual link between the dumping and injury. The dumping margin of respondents is as below: &nbsp;
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			Name of Company Dumping Margin</td>
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			Sampled Companies</td>
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			Treasury Wine Estates Vintners Limited</td>
			<td>
			169.3%</td>
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			Casella Wines Pty Limited</td>
			<td>
			160.2%</td>
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			Australia Swan Vintage Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			107.1%</td>
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			Other Companies Cooperated with the Investigation</td>
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			<td>
			Australia Farm and Land Investment PTY Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			<td>
			Accolade Wines Australia Limited</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Octtava Wines Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			<td>
			Australian Vintage Limited</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			<td>
			Pernod Ricard Winemakers Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Bogdan Investments Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Limited</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Agreen Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Dorrien Estate Winery Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Ferngrove Vineyards Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Fowles Wine Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Furunde Wine Co. Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Kilikanoon Wines Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			The Red Kangaroo Wine Company Pty. Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Chapel Hill Winery Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Portia Valley Wines Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Zilzie Wines Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			S. Smith &amp; Son Pty. Limited</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Terra Felix Pty. Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Australian Food &amp; Beverage Group Pty Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			Wingara Wine Group Pty. Ltd</td>
			<td>
			160.6%</td>
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			All Other Australian Companies</td>
			<td>
			212.1%</td>
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 Announcement No. 50 [2020] of the MOFCOM: Preliminary Determination on Anti-dumping Investigation against Imported M-cresol originating in the United States, the European Union and Japan &nbsp;
On November 3, 2020, the MOFCOM issued Announcement No. 50 of 2020, making public the preliminary determination on anti-dumping investigation against imported m-cresol originating in the United States, the European Union and Japan. &nbsp;
On July 29, 2019, the MOFCOM issued Announcement No. 33 of 2019, making public its decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation against imported m-cresol originating in the United States, the European Union and Japan. &nbsp;
The MOFCOM preliminarily determined that the subject merchandise originating in the United States, the European Union and Japan dumped in China, related m-cresol industry suffered material injury and there is casual link between the dumping and injury. The dumping margin of respondents is as below: &nbsp;
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			Name of Company Dumping Margin</td>
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			American Companies</td>
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			Sasol Chemicals North America LLC</td>
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			131.7%</td>
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			Sasol Chemicals(USA)LLC</td>
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			131.7%</td>
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			All Other American Companies</td>
			<td>
			131.7%</td>
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			European Union Companies</td>
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			LANXESS Deutschland GmbH 27.9%</td>
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			<td colspan="2" rowspan="1">
			All Other European Union Companies 49.5%</td>
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			<td colspan="2" rowspan="1">
			Japanese Companies</td>
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			<td>
			Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.</td>
			<td>
			54.8%</td>
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			Honshu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td>
			54.8%</td>
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			All Other Japanese Companies</td>
			<td>
			54.8%</td>
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&nbsp;
Adjustment of the Catalogue of Prohibited Commodities of Processing Trade &nbsp;
On November 5, 2020, the MOFCOM and the General Administration of Customs of the&nbsp;People&rsquo;s&nbsp;Republic of China adjusted the catalog of prohibited commodities for processing trade which will be implemented from December 1, 2020. &nbsp;
The new catalog removes 199 types of commodities prohibited from processing trade with 10-digit commodity codes and adjusts 37 commodity catalogs with 10-digit commodity codes. &nbsp;
New adjustments will be made to the Notes on Import and Export Tariff Commodities and Items Since December &nbsp;
Recently, as the World Customs Organization has made partial revisions to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes, China Customs has simultaneously revised the Notes on Import and Export Tariff Commodities and Items, which involves in 14 chapters and 19 items. The newly revised content will be implemented from December 1, 2020. &nbsp;
Hainan Free Trade Port&#39;s First &quot;Zero Tariff&quot; List has been Released &nbsp;
On November 11, 2020, the Ministry of Finance, together with the General Administration of Customs and the State Taxation Administration of the&nbsp;People&rsquo;s&nbsp;Republic of China issued the Notice on the &quot;Zero Tariff&quot; Policy for Raw and Auxiliary Materials of the Hainan Free Trade Port&quot; (No. 42 [2020] of the Ministry of Finance), which will be implemented from December 1, 2020. The General Administration of Customs subsequently issued Announcement No. 121 of 2020 on November 30,&nbsp;the Announcement on the issuance of the Customs Supervision of &quot;Zero Tariff&quot; Raw and Auxiliary Materials Imported from Hainan Free Trade Port (Trial). &nbsp;
The policy and announcement clarified that: &nbsp;
1. Before the island-wide customs closure, enterprises registered in the Hainan Free Trade Port with independent legal personality are exempted from import duties, import VAT and consumption tax when importing raw and auxiliary materials for their own use, or consumed in the process of carrying out production and processing activities or service trade in the &quot;two outside&quot; mode. &nbsp;
2. The &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw and auxiliary materials are subject to positive list management, which is dynamically adjusted by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with relevant departments in accordance with Hainan&#39;s actual needs and regulatory conditions. &nbsp;
3. Enterprises carrying out business on &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw and auxiliary materials shall set up special electronic accounting books. Enterprises can record the product information in the electronic accounting book and report to the customs truthfully after verifying the consumption independently. &nbsp;
4. Enterprises importing &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw and auxiliary materials and voluntarily pays import VAT and consumption tax shall apply to the customs at the time of customs declaration and shall declare the voluntarily paid &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw materials and other &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw materials separately. &nbsp;
5. The export of goods processed and manufactured with &quot;zero-tariff&quot; raw and auxiliary materials shall comply with the current tax policies for goods exportation.&nbsp;
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