The situation where the applicable law chosen by the parties of foreign-related civil relations by agreement is invalid

According to Interpretations (I) of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning Application of the Law on Applicattion of Law to Foreign-related Civil Relations, in foreign-related civil relations, the clause that the parties reached by agreement for the application of law shall be invalid when it falls into any of the following situations: (1) involving the protection of the rights and interests of workers; (2) involving food or public health safety; (3) involving environmental safety; (4) involving foreign exchange control and other financial safety; (5) involving antitrust and anti-dumping; (6) other circumstances shall be considered as mandatory provisions.