Xinhuanet Beijing, April 30th (Reporter Lu Junyu) From May 1st, a batch of new regulations will be implemented.
Off-site traffic fines can be paid in different provinces across the country from May.
In order to improve the efficiency of law enforcement and facilitate the people to handle affairs, off-site traffic fines can be paid across provinces and different places nationwide from May 1, 2020.
Off-site traffic fines refer to traffic fines caused by road traffic safety violations recorded by traffic technology monitoring equipment. According to the notice jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security and the People’s Bank of China on the implementation of the work of paying off-site traffic fines in different provinces, motor vehicle drivers can handle off-site traffic violations at any place in the country.
Wechat Weibo chat records will be used as evidence in civil litigation.
The Supreme People’s Court’s Decision on Amending Several Provisions on Evidence in Civil Proceedings will take effect on May 1, 2020.
The revised decision made detailed provisions on the scope of electronic data, and at the same time stipulated the rules of electronic data review and judgment, and improved the system of electronic data evidence rules.
According to this revision decision, electronic data includes information published by web platforms such as web pages, blogs and microblogs; Communication information of network application services such as SMS, email, instant messaging and communication groups; User registration information, identity authentication information, electronic transaction records, communication records, login logs and other information; Documents, pictures, audio, video, digital certificates, computer programs and other electronic files; Other information stored, processed and transmitted in digital form that can prove the facts of the case.
The revision decision stipulates that the people’s court should comprehensively judge the authenticity of electronic data in combination with seven factors, such as whether the hardware and software environment of the computer system on which the electronic data is generated, stored and transmitted is complete and reliable. At the same time, the amendment decision clearly stipulates that if the contents of electronic data are notarized by a notary office, the people’s court shall confirm its authenticity, unless there is evidence to the contrary that can be overturned.
The Regulations on the Protection of Wage Payment for Migrant Workers will be implemented to increase the punishment for illegal acts.
The Regulations on the Protection of Wage Payment for Migrant Workers shall come into force on May 1, 2020. The regulations have intensified the punishment for illegal acts and created a social atmosphere of "unwilling to pay back wages", "unable to pay back wages" and "dare not pay back wages".
Clarify the legal responsibility for the wage arrears of migrant workers, and urge the employer to fulfill the main responsibility. For example, if the wages of migrant workers are owed in violation of regulations, it shall be implemented in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and the administrative department of human resources and social security shall order them to pay within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, it shall pay the laborer more than 50% but less than 100% of the payable amount; Suspected of constituting a crime of refusing to pay labor remuneration, it shall be promptly transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility.
From May 1st, sales of used cars will be subject to VAT at a reduced rate of 0.5%.
According to the website of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the "Announcement on the Value-added Tax Policy for Used Car Distribution". According to the "Announcement", from May 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023, taxpayers engaged in the distribution of second-hand cars sold the second-hand cars they bought, and the value-added tax was reduced by 2% at the rate of 3% according to the simple method, and the value-added tax was reduced by 0.5%.
The new version of the Central Pricing Catalogue will reduce the pricing items by nearly 30% from May 1st.
The National Development and Reform Commission revised the Catalogue of Central Pricing (2015 edition), which will take effect on May 1, 2020.
The Central Pricing Catalogue is a list that regulates the pricing authority and scope of relevant departments in the State Council. Since 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant departments, has continued to promote the market-oriented reform of the prices of important commodities and services. Compared with the current Central Pricing Catalogue, the revised pricing items have been reduced by nearly 30%.
Interim Measures for the Management of Insurance Asset Management Products: Clarify the common requirements of three types of insurance asset management products.
The Interim Measures for the Administration of Insurance Asset Management Products will come into force on May 1, 2020.
As a programmatic document regulating insurance asset management products, the Measures aim to implement new asset management regulations and clarify the common requirements of three types of insurance asset management products. Subsequently, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will release the supporting rules of debt investment plan, equity investment plan and portfolio insurance asset management products at the right time to further refine the regulatory standards and improve the pertinence of regulatory policies.
Decentralization of examination and approval of some mineral mining rights
The Ministry of Natural Resources announced that since May 1 this year, except for 14 important strategic minerals, such as oil, hydrocarbon natural gas, shale gas, natural gas hydrate, radioactive minerals, tungsten, rare earth, tin, antimony, molybdenum, cobalt, lithium, potassium salt and crystalline graphite, the transfer and registration of mineral resources mining rights have been decentralized to local governments.
This means that the follow-up registration of 11 kinds of minerals such as coal, coalbed methane, iron, chromium, copper, aluminum, gold, nickel, zirconium, phosphorus and fluorite shall be handled by the provincial natural resources authorities. Other mineral exploration and mining rights, as well as the approved trial mining and approval of the delineation of the mining area, the subsequent registration matters shall be handled by the provincial or below provincial natural resources authorities in the administrative region.
The Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Crop Pests and Diseases will come into force on May 1st.
The Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Crop Pests and Diseases shall come into force on May 1, 2020.
The regulations stipulate that the people’s governments at or above the county level should strengthen the organization and leadership of the prevention and control of crop diseases and insect pests, the competent agricultural and rural departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level should be responsible for the supervision and management of the prevention and control of crop diseases and insect pests, and other relevant departments should do a good job in prevention and control according to the division of responsibilities. Agricultural producers and operators do a good job in prevention and control within the scope of production and operation, and actively cooperate with people’s governments at all levels and relevant departments to carry out prevention and control work.