Economic security law

Sanctions and Anti-sanctions

Countermeasures, blocking rules, export controls, foreign sanctions, extraterritoriality, and economic coercion.

Analytical frame

China's anti-sanctions lawmaking translates objections to unilateral coercion and extraterritorial jurisdiction into domestic legal tools, creating a bridge between sovereignty discourse and economic security governance.

Featured documents and practice

PRC official document 2021-01-09 Ministry of Commerce

Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures

阻断外国法律与措施不当域外适用办法

Chinese blocking rules responding to foreign extraterritorial measures.

Core source for China's legal response to sanctions and extraterritorial jurisdiction.

MOFCOM, 'Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures' (9 January 2021).

Chronology signals

White paper on China-US trade consultations

Trade conflict becomes central to China's critique of unilateralism.

Hong Kong national security law adopted

National security becomes a central controversy in the legal meaning of one country, two systems.

Export Control Law adopted

Economic security law becomes more systematic.

MOFCOM blocking rules issued

China creates blocking mechanisms for foreign extraterritorial measures.

Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law adopted

Counter-sanctions become statutory.

Selected readings