I. Introduction

After four rounds of debates, on August 31, 2018, the leading legislators of China passed E-Commerce Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “ECL”). The law has become effective on January 1, 2019. ECL aimed at improving regulation of the flourishing online market, specifying various regulations concerning operators, contracts, dispute settlement and liabilities involved in e-commerce as well as the market development. On the whole, ECL imposes relatively heavy obligations and responsibilities on e-commerce businesses, especially on platforms, and provides protection for the relatively disadvantaged e-commerce consumers. This note will introduce some key provisions of ECL, including those affecting the interests of Chinese individual daigous, those providing various protection for Chinese consumers, and those ruling the obligations of the e-commerce platforms.