Starting from Nov 1, 2025, the Beijing Internet Court (BIC) shall exercise centralized jurisdiction over the following first-instance cases that fall within the jurisdiction of primary people's courts in Beijing:

1. Disputes over the ownership, infringement, and contracts involving online data;

2. Disputes concerning the protection of online personal information and the right to privacy;

3. Disputes over the ownership, infringement, and contracts involving online virtual property;

4. Disputes arising from online unfair competition;

5. Disputes over the ownership, infringement, and contracts involving domain name;

6. Disputes arising from online shopping contracts concluded or performed via e-commerce platforms;

7. Disputes concerning online service contracts that are concluded and performed online;

8. Administrative disputes arising from administrative acts taken by administrative agencies concerning online data regulation, online personal information protection regulation, regulation of online unfair competition, online transaction management, and internet information service management; and

9. Online public interest litigation cases initiated by procuratorial organs.

Civil cases involving foreign parties and civil cases involving parties from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan region that fall within the above-mentioned scope shall be under the jurisdiction of the BIC.