Lexis China User Manual

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Product website: www.lexiscn.com
Company website: www.lexisnexis.com.cn

1Part 1Sign-in Authentication

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Sign InEnter your user name and password in the sign-in window on the homepage (shown below)
to Sign In to Lexiscn.com ("LNC").

In "Secure Connection", the data will be encrypted while transmitting. If you have strict
security requirements, please select accordingly.

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Change Password

Click the "Change Password" link under the "Sign In" Button to change your password.
When changing your password, please check that your username matches your email
address. If so, please proceed to change your password by following the steps described onthe page.

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Trail Account

You may apply for a trial LNC account from the “Sign in” page (shown below).

Click the “Trial Account Application” button, fill in the relevant information and select theproducts you would like to trial (as shown below). LexisNexis customer service staff willcontact you to follow up.

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Part 2Landing Page Search &Quick Search"Landing Page Search", also known as “Quick Search”, is a good starting point of yourresearch. You can start with keywords. If you are unsure of which keywords to use or if you
are searching unfamiliar terminology. This function supports natural language searching.
You can enter non-technical, conversational language (e.g., " can injury from fights at work
be identified as occupational injury? ") and the search engine will search in titles and fulltext documents after conducting semantic analysis.

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Landing Page Search

A single input box is provided for “Landing Page Search”. The search engine will
simultaneously search for your keywords in titles, full text documents and other availablefields.

8Select the content you would like to browse after initial search. Click the tabs ① indicating
the relevant content type.

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Quick Search

Click the Lexis China on the landing page, then click Search on the upper left corner. SelectQuick search.

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Functionality

A single input box is provided for "Quick Search". The search engine will simultaneously
search for your keywords in titles, full text documents and other available fields. Thecontent type "Laws and Regulations" is the default subject matter. You may also choose
from several other content types ① for your search. Accessibility options are available tohelp pinpoint the contents you are searching for.
1) Click on the three connector buttons ② to the right of the input box, ie. "AND|++|", "OR|-" and "NOT|!" to connect several keywords (please refer to “Use of Connectors” for details oftheir operation).
2) You can search for a specific keyword by adding double quotation marks (in eitherChinese or English input modes) ③ before and after the target keyword.

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Advanced (Accurate) Search"Advanced Search", also known as "Accurate Search", provides you with more search
options. For example, if you know the specific document number, or you know part of thename of the promulgator when searching for a regulation, you can use "Advanced Search"to pinpoint your target document quickly and accurately.

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Functionality

Different content types are shown on the left side of the "Advanced Search" Page. Click on acontent type to bring up the detailed search page in the right pane ②. "Advanced Search"
for laws and regulations provides more search filters (promulgator, document number etc.)
than the "Quick Search".

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If the advanced search brings up no results, you will be asked if you would like to conduct aquick search for the same terms and retrieve those results. Or you can click "Quick Search"(shown below) to submit a quick search for the same terms.

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Narrow Search (Laws and Regulations)

The "Narrow Search" feature, shown on the left side of the search results page, is provided
to help you further refine your search results.
1)

Narrow Search by Promulgation Date ①: Drag the button to specify the date period.

2)

Narrow Search by Effectiveness ②: Select the content based on the effectiveness of

relevant documents.
3)

Narrow Search by Effective Area ③: The "Effective Area" will filter your results ina similar way, this time by reference to the geographical area in which the document haseffect.
4)

Narrow Search by Jurisdictional Level ④: The "Jurisdictional Level" list, also on theleft, shows all jurisdictional levels found within the search results. Clicking on any of thesewill display only the search results under that level.
5)

Narrow Search by Category ⑤: The "Category" list on the left displays all

categories and sub-categories found within your search results. If you click on any of thecategories, just the search results within that category will be displayed.
6)

Narrow Search by Industry ⑥: Filter the results by selecting the relevant industry

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For example, a search results page will be displayed if you input "individual income tax" in"Title" input box and submit the search. If you then select "Intellectual Property Rights" inthe Category list, "Normative Documents" in the Jurisdiction Level list and "National" inEffective Area list, you will see the single search result that matches these categories. Youcan also delete any of the terms in the "Search filter" ①area.

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Sort the Results

You can sort the results according to Relevance, Promulgation date, Jurisdiction leveland By document view (count). Relevance is by default.

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Minimum Custom Search

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The "Minimum Custom Search" contains several pre-set terms useful for searching laws
and regulations.

If the pre-set terms don’t retrieve the results you need, you can switch to "AdvancedSearch" or further customize your search using the "Filter Terms" list. Click on thecorresponding option in the drop-down list to customize your search terms in the"Minimum Custom Search" page. If you would like to remove the customized terms, you
may reselect from the options in the drop-down list or click on the red "X" following thecorresponding terms.

20Part 5Use of Connectors"Advanced Search", also known as "Accurate Search", provides you with more search
options. For example, if you know the specific document number, or you know part of thename of the promulgator when searching for a regulation, you can use "Advanced Search"to pinpoint your target document quickly and accurately.

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Overview

Search connectors may be used in both Quick Search and Advanced Search.
(1)

You can use any of the AND/++, OR/-- or NOT/! buttons to connect the keywords inyour search, or key in "AND" or "++", "OR" or "--", "NOT" or "!" to connect the keywords. For
example, if you input "foreign investment AND/++ income tax", you will find results whichcontain both "foreign investment" and "income tax". Please note that one blank space(under DBC case) both before and after the connectors will automatically be added if you
use the connector buttons; if you key in the connectors, you should input the extra blanks
manually. Connectors such as AND, OR or NOT should be typed in upper case.
(2)

You can also use a blank to connect several keywords. For example, if you input ablank between "foreign investment" and "income tax", which means the same as "foreign
investment AND/++ income tax", you will find results which contain both "foreigninvestment" and "income tax".

(3)

If you have several keywords, you can use the connectors for many times. For

example, "foreign investment ++ income tax ++ enterprise". However, you cannot use
different connectors to connect different keywords. For example, "foreign investment -income tax ++ enterprise" is a wrong use.
You can click on the corresponding buttons to add connectors in the input boxes.
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Basic Use of Search Connectors

Select your search terms (a single term or a combination of terms), add them to the form
according to the table below and start your search.
Search Method

ExamplesApplicable Scope

Search by asingle term

If you are searching forcontents relevant toinheritance tax, enter“inheritance tax” in theContent input box to find all
documents with “inheritancetax” in the text.

Search for a
specific target
word or phrase

Search for twoterms

If you are searching for thecontents relevant to interesttax relevant to foreigners,
enter "foreign□++□interest"in the Content input box tofind all documents whichcontain both “foreign” and“interest”. Click on the title toview the full text.

Search for titles,
contents,
promulgating
dates,
promulgators or
document
numbers"Term 1□--□Term2" or "Term1□OR□Term 2"

Enter "foreign□--□interest" inthe Content input box to findthe documents which containeither “foreign” or “interest”.

Search for titles,
contents,
promulgating
dates,
promulgators ordocument
numbers.

Search for a
combinationof terms

Freely select andcombine the terms

If you are searching for thecontent on income tax
relevant to foreigners, you
may enter “income tax” in the
Title input box and“foreigner” in the Content
input box. This will locate
documents which contain“foreigner” somewhere in the
text and “income tax” in thetitle.

Accurate search
for target results

Search byexclusiveterms"Term 1□!□Term2" or "Term11□NOT□Term 2"

Find documents containing
Term 1 but excluding Term 2

For refining
search results byexcluding known
unwanted results

Search foreither termConnectors“Term 1□++□Term2” or “Term1□AND□Term 2” orTerm 1□Term 223Part 6
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Auto Search

Using "Auto Search", you can save search terms which you set using an advanced search.
LNC will automatically search for new content matching these terms on a regular basis andsend such contents to you via email.
To save search terms from an advanced search, click "Envelope Tab/Auto Research Setup"
towards the upper right of the advanced research results page (shown below).

You will be directed to the "Auto Search" interface in the "User Center". You can set up to
10 email addresses for each auto search. Updates can be sent via Auto Search Email on adaily basis.

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My favorites“My Favorites” includes the search terms you have saved (My Searches), the documents
you are interested in (My Documents) and a record of English translation you have ordered(My Translation Orders).
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“My Searches”

Include all the search terms which you have saved in course of advanced or quick searching,ie. the search terms which have saved by clicking “Save Search” on the advanced search
results page or the quick search results page (shown below).

The search terms will be saved in the “My Searches” list under “My Favorites” in the UserCenter.
Three functions, including “Run”, “Edit” and “Setting Auto Search” are available in the “MySearches” page. Click on “Run" (shown below ①) to instantly run these search terms.
Edit(shown below ②): Click on “Edit” to edit the recorded search terms for future searches.
Please note that the search terms cannot be edited if they were saved via Quick Search.
“Setting Auto Search” (shown below ③): Click on “Setting Auto Search” to save the results
as an alert.

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“My Documents”

My documents displays links to articles you have selected and saved. You can select andsave articles displayed in your search results by using the check boxes and clicking the“Portfolio” button (shown below), or click the “Portfolio” button while viewing any
particular article.
When saving documents, you can place them into selected folders or you can create a newfolder and save your documents there.

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“English Translation Order”

The recorded English translation order, which shows the date when you make the order for
English translation, the completion of the translation, as well as other relevant information(as shown below).

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History

The “History” tool automatically records your searches (Search Parameter Record) and thearticles you have viewed (Document Record).
“Search Parameter Record”: Automatically records the latest 100 terms you havesearched for. You can directly run these search terms or edit them in the “Searched Terms
Record” page for a new search.
“Document Record”: Automatically records the latest 100 documents recently retrieved.
You may click on the title of any document to view the full text.

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Customized Setup“Customized Setup” offers several custom options. The functionality is only available for ID
users (you cannot use it if your account is IP fixed).

Default Landing Page: Please select from below columns as of landing page after log into
Lexis China
Search Personalization: You can select default sort-by for search result and display mode
for advanced search results for legislation etc.

Subject Setting: In this page, you can select any subject to be displayed on legislation
landing page, and set those display order from left to right.
Newsletter subscription: You may subscribe any of the LNC E-newsletters.
Alerts Setup: You can use “Quick Alert Setup” to subscribe to updated information incertain categories, or use “Validity Alerts” to subscribe to alerts on changes in validity oflaws and regulations.
Restore Defaults: Restore the original setup.

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Validity Alerts

If you would like to receive an email reminder when the validity of any law or regulation
changes, you can set up such a reminder using the following steps:
Option 1:
Step 1: After landing on the Advanced Search page for laws and regulations, set up thedesired search terms and click on “Validity Alerts”;

Step 2: The page will switch to the Validity Alerts page within the User Center. Select thedesired types of validity (for example, “Effective”, “Expired”, “Revised” etc.; multiple choices
are available) and fill in the recipient’s email address. You can enter up to 10 email
addresses: separate each with a semicolon when in English input mode.

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Finally, click “Add E-mail Address” to finish setting up your Validity Alert. Now, when there
is a change to the validity of any law or regulation within the terms and validity types thatyou have set up, the system will send you an email notification on this basis.
If you want to change the search terms in your validity alert, you can click the “Reset”
button to reset the terms. You can also choose to “Delete” them, in which case your searchterms will be expanded to cover all laws and regulations, meaning that you will receivevalidity alerts for all laws and regulations.
Option 2:
Enter the User Center and navigate to Alerts > Validity Alerts. Here, the default scope is alllaws and regulations. You can click on “Reset” to set up more refined search terms.
Option 3:
Click on “Clock sign/Validity Alerts” on the search results page. You can then record yoursearch terms as a validity alert. When using this option you also need to complete the setup
process by following Step 2 of Option I, explained above.

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Quick Alert Set Up

The “Quick Alert Set Up” feature is available for ID users and accessible via the User Center.
You can use this to select legal areas or industries you are interested in and set up alerts onthose. When there is any content update relating to those legal areas or industries, you will
receive an email alert.

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Part 7
Tips for Use of Laws andRegulations

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Bilingual display of laws and regulations

The “bilingual display of laws and regulations” feature allows you to view the Chinese andEnglish versions of a law or regulation side by side and paragraph by paragraph.
Click the “Chinese-English” button on the search results page for laws and regulations toaccess the Chinese-English display page, or click the “Chinese-English” button when viewing
a specific law or regulation.

You can download (PDF, DOC), print or email the Chinese-English version of any law orregulation.

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Selected Term Auto-search

You can select words or phrases with your mouse when viewing a document in order toauto-search those terms. The system will search for the selected words or phrases acrossthe whole database and return the five most relevant results (shown below).

Click directly on titles in the search results to view that content; or click on “More” to view
all the search results.

To disable selected term auto-search:
Click on “Disable Sign” at the top of the page (shown below).

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To enable selected term auto-search:
Click on “Enable Sign” at the top of the page to re-enable the functionality.

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Part 8Smart Tool38

Many of the most frequently used features are included in the smart toolbar at the top of allpages. These features include (from left to right):
Updates, Training calendar, Home page, Back to the landing page, Product list, Newsletter
center, My services, Folder, Quick alert setup, Switch between Chinese and English, Autosearch, My idea, Help and Sign out.

39Please note:
1. LexisNexis China, a division of Reed Elsevier Information Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd, reserves the right of final explanation.
2. This user manual is updated by May 2, 2017. It will be changed from time to time
according to the development of this product.
3. Should you have any inquiry, please send email to service.china@lexisnexis.com,or call our 24 hours hotline 400-600-8680 (for mainland China only).

Thank You!

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