PRC authorities release updated Catalogue of China’s Export Prohibited and Restricted Technologies (the Catalogue), the first overhaul of the guidelines in more than a decade.
Based on the 2008 version of the Catalogue,...more
The fifth and final installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
Foreign investors seeking to exit from their existing foreign invested enterprises (FIEs)...more
The second installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
The two current models of foreign loans for Foreign Invested Enterprises reflect the Chinese...more
The fourth installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
China’s new Foreign Investment Law and its implementation regulations contain explicit provisions...more
The third installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
There are major differences in the requirements on corporate governance and decision-making...more
7/28/2020
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The first installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law.
The law institutes new reporting requirements for foreign investors....more
This series of alerts focuses on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect at the beginning of 2020.
A single new law now encompasses the three business forms that foreign...more
The PRC issues a 1,260-article, comprehensive Civil Code covering all aspects of civil and business life in China. It becomes effective on January 1, 2021.
China has passed its first-ever Civil Code, which will come into...more
6/17/2020
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On March 6, 2020, the State Administration of Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Standardization Administration of the PRC published an updated version of the “Information security...more
Despite a decline in new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus transmitted within China, authorities are carefully screening international travelers and collecting personal information from them.
Authorized Chinese government...more
Amid stark slowdown in output growth and trade disputes with U.S., PRC authorities speed up issuance of legislation to encourage investment from abroad.
Law affirms equal legal standing of foreign-backed enterprises and...more
On April 28, 2016, the 20th meeting of the 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China approved The Law on the Administration of Activities by Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations within the...more
Recently, the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council released draft amendments (Draft Amendments) to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for public comments. The Draft Amendments...more
4/25/2016
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China’s current leadership has attached significant attention to network security, which is deemed to be a core aspect of national security. In early 2014, China’s President, Xi Jinping, who is also the head of the Office for...more
Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations in the PRC (NGOs), both domestic and foreign, have played important roles in China’s economic and social development over the years. While the number of foreign NGOs conducting...more
On July 29, 2014, the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) released The Notice Regarding the Launch of Tax Anti-Avoidance Investigations on Remittance of Substantial Amounts...more