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The implementation of China's Foreign Investment Law has fundamentally transformed the legal landscape for foreign-invested enterprises, creating new challenges in corporate restructuring and shareholder disputes. Two critical issues have emerged: determining shareholder status for Chinese partners whose equity was historically registered as zero, and navigating the shift from approval-based to filing-based requirements for equity transfers.

Foreign investors may decide to close their China operations for various reasons. According to the relevant laws, rules, and regulations, closing operations in China involves dissolving and liquidating the company.

Affected by the pandemic, secondary market activities of domestic non-performing assets (NPAs) have decreased significantly, making disposal remarkably more difficult.

On December 19, 2020, National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Commerce of PRC have jointly released the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investments ...

The FTZ Pilot Rules materialize to a certain extent SAFE's commitment to optimize China's foreign exchange rules to keep up with China's efforts in liberalizing its economy

On December 19, 2020, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly promulgated the...

On 1 January 2020, with the effectiveness of the Foreign Investment Law, the Foreign Investment Law Implementation Regulations and the associated department rules and judicial interpretation,...

A Citibank led consortium won the bid for 85.6% of Guangdong Development Bank in December 2006 for RMB24.27 billion, ending a long battle with rivals French Bank Societe Generale and China’s second largest insurer Ping An Group. The deal coincides with the changes to rules governing foreign banks in China.

On August 18, the General Office of the State Council promulgated the Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding the Guiding Opinions of the National Development and Reform Commission, ...

China's new Foreign Investment Law (FIL) came into force on 1 January 2020. As is often the case with national legislations, the FIL only lays out the framework of the new foreign investment regime

Kristian Wilson looks at some of the drivers for offshore jurisdictions such as the British Virgin Islands to play such a significant role in structuring foreign direct investment into and out of the People’s Republic of China.

WFOEs are frequently used by foreign companies to manufacture their products in China and then export them to foreign countries.

On March 2, 2004, the Provisions on Administration of Foreign Investment in International Maritime Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "the Provisions") were promulgated by Decree No. 1 of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Communication of the People’s Republic of China. It is effective as of June 1, 2004.

It has been four years since China became a member of the World Trade Organisation. During that time it has implemented a number of changes to its formerly command-based economy to open up its markets to foreign investment and competition.

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On April 10, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) released the Circular on Launching the Pilot Program for Expanding the Opening-up of Value-Added Telecommunications...

Foreign investor seeking to exit from its foreign invested enterprises (including joint venture companies and wholly foreign owned companies) in China may consider transferring all its shares in the FIE to others, ...

Ever since the promulgation of the Labor Contract Law of People's Republic of China ("Labor Contract Law") on June 29, 2007, the prevailing view of most commentators is that the Labor Contract Law is excessively friendly to employees.