Copyright Statement

Unless otherwise expressly stated by this Website or stipulated by Chinese law, all the information contained on the website (including but not limited to texts, images, designs, logos, photos, audio or video records and proprietary software) shall be protected by the applicable Chinese laws and international conventions regarding copyright, and the copyright is completely and independently owned by YISHI Law Firm. Without the prior written consent of YISHI Law Firm, visitors shall not, with the purpose (malicious or non-malicious) other than visiting and browsing, reproduce, store, quote, reprint, distribute, extract, revise, translate in any manner the information contained herein. Visitors' utilization of this Website by any means shall not violate the regulations of Chinese copyright law and the applicable international conventions.

Nature of Information Distribution

Unless expressly and specifically stated by this Website, no information provided hereby shall constitute offer or acceptance, and this Website shall not be obligatory to any visitors because of the provision of the information. For any request (including but not limited to consulting, asking for copies of ordinances, applying for the membership of China Legal Newsletter, demanding for China Legal Newsletter and password, applying for vacant positions) proposed by visitors, YISHI Law Firm reserves the right to accept or decline.

Non-existence of Attorney-Client Relationship

Attorney-client relationship is of great importance and should be treated seriously and discretely. Unless otherwise stipulated by the law, our publication and reception of information through this Website does not mean that there has been established a certain (explicit or implied) attorney-client relationship with visitors, and it does not mean either that there exists a right and obligation relationship between visitors and us. Visitors shall not establish, just through sending e-mails to us, an attorney-client relationship, which should be otherwise formed in manners acceptable to us and pursuant to the stipulations of Chinese law; similarly, visitors' use of this Website in any manner shall not be deemed that there exists an attorney-client relationship with us.

What should be stressed is that, because of the non-existence of any attorney-client relationship, we shall not bear any legal responsibility under bond for the information provided by visitors, which means that visitors are requested not to provide to us any important information or information to be kept confidential before they establish, in accordance with Chinese law, an attorney-client relationship with us in acceptable manners.

Non-legal Advice

Unless otherwise expressly stated by this Website or stipulated by Chinese law, the various information (especially the legal information herein) that we publicize through the Website can only be used by visitors for reference, and it can not and should not be deemed as legal advice for which we are legally liable, and it can not and should not be used as a substitute for any legal documents that we issue. We shall not resume any liability for visitors' use of this Website, or the business or personal decisions or resolutions that visitors derive directly or indirectly herefrom.

Service Scope, Professional Specialty & Qualifications

Unless otherwise expressly stated by this Website or stipulated by Chinese law, any content about our service scope, professional specialty and qualifications that we release through this Website is just an introduction of facts in the past and at present that comes to our knowledge based upon our understanding, and it does not mean that we are experts in a certain field certified through certain legal procedures or by authoritarian institutions, and it does not mean either we are disparaging people of the same trade or others for the purpose of pernicious commercial competition. We make no warranty or guarantee that our treatment of legal issues can achieve the most successful or a successful result; we do not make any warranties that the treatment of different but similar legal issues can achieve the same outcome, even if we have successful experience in treating similar legal issues.

Working Approach & Working Process

Unless otherwise expressly stated by this Website or stipulated by Chinese law, our introductions of our working approach and working process through this Website is just our statement of our general working procedure that we maintained in the past and maintain at present on the basis of our understanding. However, what should be stressed is that every legal affair is unique, and therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of adapting our working approach and working process to a specific legal affair.

Visitors' Provision of Identity Information

Upon our request and necessitated by actualities, visitors should provide effective identity information which should be as detailed and accurate as possible. If the identity information of the visitor changes, he or she should promptly inform us in an appropriate way. If the visitor feels his identity information is very important and should be kept confidential, he or she should immediately inform us in a proper manner before providing his or her identity information. And we shall decide whether to ask him or her to continue to provide this information. The visitor shall assume all responsibility if he or she has provided unreal identity information, or has not informed of changes in identity information or has not provided his or her identity information according to the rules for visiting this Website.

Visitors' Obligation

All the visitor's conduct in relation to this Website (including but not limited to browsing, using, reprinting, publicizing and introducing) should be in good faith and with due care; the visitor shall not damage or abate intentionally or negligently the legitimate right and interest of this Website, and shall not use this Website in violation of Chinese law, international conventions and social ethics.

The visitor shall carry out the following commitments:

• The transmission and utilization of information is in conformity with the provisions of Chinese law/international conventions and public order and boni mores;
  
• The visitor shall not use this Website and its relevant web service for illegal or unjustified purposes;
  
• The visitor shall not disturb or harass this Website or its relevant web services;
  
• The visitor shall abide by the agreement, regulations, rules, procedures and practices of this Website and its relevant web services;
  
• The jurisdiction for any disputes resorting to litigations arising from the visitor's use of this Website and its relevant web services and YISHI Law Firm shall be the court where YISHI Law Firm is located, unless otherwise stipulated by the Chinese law.

YISHI Law Firm reserves the right to decide whether the visitor's act complies with the rules for visiting this Website; if the visitor violates the rules for visiting this Website, this Website shall be entitled in any manners to reject, suspend or repel his or her visit or browse or utilization of this Website and its relevant web services, and to seek through various ways legal remedies in material and reputation.

Privacy Protection

This Website is entitled to collect the various technical information in relation to the visit, browse and use of this Website, including but not limited to the software and hardware configuration, network setup, registered information, registration form information, counting information, IP address, operating and records. Meanwhile, this Website is entitled to analyze those technical information, and accordingly make improvements or take other appropriate measures to this Website.

Generally, we will not publicize or edit the technical information of the visitor. But for the purpose of compliance with Chinese law and maintenance of this Website and the normal service of the Website or for other justified purposes, we shall be entitled to disclose the technical information of the visitor in a proper manner.

Although this Website has taken every reasonable precaution to protect the privacy of the visitor, we make no warranty or guarantee that our security measures and other measures shall be able to hold harmless the technical information of the visitor; we assume no responsibility for possible losses of this type.

Other Disclaimer

The information provided on this Website is only the statement of what we knew in the past and know at present based upon our own understanding, and we do not make any positive predictions of its future development and changes, nor do we make any warranties of any kind about its future development and changes. We shall not be held liable for any actions the visitor takes in accordance with the information provided hereby unless we have otherwise committed in written forms.

We shall not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages caused to the visitor or other entities because of this Website and the relevant web services (including but not limited to the damages caused by viruses this Website and its links may contain, the defects in the design of the Website, possible damages in intellectual property, possible contractual and tort damages) unless we are proven to be intentionally in bad faith.

We make no warranty as to the authenticity, validity, integrity and accuracy of the various information of other web sites or institutions obtained from any site linked to or introductions provided by this Website, and we shall assume no responsibility for them either.

Such information as theses, introductions and comments on cases of litigation and arbitration provided by this Website shall only represent the personal opinions of the authors and it does not mean our complete agreement or acceptance of their opinions unless it is expressly specified that the information is publicized in the name of YISHI Law Firm.

Right of Interpretation and Amendment

The right of interpretation of the rules for visiting this Website is vested in YISHI Law Firm, who has the authority to give, on the basis of its own understanding, effective interpretations on the real meaning of the rules for visiting this Website, and who has the authority to select various ways for interpretation.

The right of amendment of the rules for visiting this Website is vested in YISHI Law Firm, who has the authority to amend anytime the rules for visiting this Website in any appropriate manner. What should be specifically pointed out is that the amendment does not mean that there are faults, defects or unfavorable factors with the rules for visiting the Website, the Website itself and the relevant website services.

The rules for visiting the Website are made on and effective as of May 28, 2001, and visitors must read and agree to be bound by the rules.