The recent report by USALI Affiliated Scholar Aaron Halegua, Workplace Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in China, which examines how employers and courts handle GBVH cases in practice, was cited by the China Daily in an August 18, 2021 report about the Alibaba sexual assault case.

The report was drawn from a review of more than 100 civil cases from the database of judicial decisions maintained by China's Supreme People's Court, in which the term “sexual harassment” was mentioned. Based on the court's decisions, numerous other forms of GBVH have been found.
Analysis of these cases shows that few GBVH victims seek redress through litigation, and those who do, encounter significant obstacles in realizing their rights guaranteed under Chinese law. These hurdles include an unclear definition of sexual harassment, a high burden of proof and an emphasis on physical evidence.