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Operating an enterprise in a foreign jurisdiction is a business activity that is rife with potential pitfalls.

On July 18, 2008, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") and the Ministry of Land and Resources ("MOLAR") jointly promulgated the Measures for the Administration of the Foreign-invested Mineral Exploration (the "Measures").

The Ministry of Construction ("MOC") recently issued the Administrative Measures on Concession Arrangements for Municipal Public Utilities ("the Concession Arrangements"), which guide local governments on how to promote concession arrangements for local public utility services in the water, natural gas, public transportation (including expressways, subway lines, light rail, and bus routes), and sewage and waste treatment industries.

The Chinese education sector is one of the service industries many investors, both foreign and domestic, see as particularly promising.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued new rules to enable it to exert greater control over strategic overseas investments by Chinese companies.

Since the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Catalogue) was first issued in 1995, it has been one of the most fundamental legal documents regulating foreign investment in China.

Upon its promulgation, there are discrepancies between China’s new Company Law and the existing foreign investment legal regime. There also lies uncertainty over the application of the new Company Law to foreign invested enterprises (FIEs). On April 24, 2006, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, together with Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and State Administration of Foreign Exchanges, issued Suggestions on Implementation of Several Issues regarding App

China's new Foreign Investment Law (FIL) enters into effect from January 1, 2020. As we reported in our earlier alert, the passage of the FIL opened the door ...

Regardless of the outcome of the trade war, China is likely to further loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the TMT sector

On June 17, 2014, the Ministry of Commerce, the major regulator of foreign investment in China, issued the Notice on Improving Foreign Investment Review Administration.

The, being as the crucial industrial guidance for foreign investments in China, has been amended in accordance with the needs of economic development and the open-up since its first promulgation in year 1995.

In order to implement the Notice on a Number of Measures on the Promotion of Foreign Investment Growth issued by the State Council, construct a market environment with fair competition...

In this episode, Michael Zhang, managing partner of Sheppard Mullin's Shanghai office, and Reid Whitten, managing partner of the firm's London office, join host Scott Maberry to discuss...

On 19 November 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange promulgated the "Notice on Further Improvement and Adjustment of Foreign Exchange Administration Policies Concerning Direct Investment".

This China Newsletter provides an overview of key developments in the following areas...

China's State Council on August 17 released the Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations ("Regulations") effective September 1, a key administrative regulation in the implementation...

The New Rules on Foreign Debt have abolished some requirements, clarified uncertainties and consolidated regulations.