Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei province, has recently issued 22 detailed rules to develop a law-based business environment, according to local media reports.
The city will implement a "three lists" system for enterprises - consisting of a "list of non-punishable items", a "list of mitigated punishment items", and a "list of lighter punishment items" - and implement the inclusive and prudent enforcement of administrative punishments related to enterprises.
The detailed rules are divided into six parts: safeguarding the legal rights and interests of various market operators in accordance with the law; strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights; severely cracking down on crimes that damage the business environment; regulating law enforcement and judicial activities involving enterprises in accordance with the law; and comprehensively improving the level of legal services of political and legal agencies.
Through the implementation of early warnings and tolerant and flexible law enforcement, it is possible to give space and time for the self-correction of non-subjective and intentional faults or minor violations of the law to ensure that enterprises do not delay major developments due to small faults.
For the screening and review of false lawsuits and malicious lawsuits involving market operators, especially against private enterprises, Wuhan will explore the establishment of a list of dishonest persons in false lawsuits and a civil tort damage compensation system for false lawsuits to prevent malicious use of litigation methods against competitors.
