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On 29 March 2010, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court (the Court) finally handed down its sentence in the most long awaited and controversial case involving Chinese or Chinese-born employees of foreign companies in recent memory. Stern Hu, the Chinese-born Australian national, and the other three Chinese employees of Rio Tinto (the Employees), were convicted of stealing commercial secrets and taking bribes, and were handed prison terms ranging from 7 to 14 years.

The world relies heavily on China for its supply chains and access to strategic resources. Whilst the geopolitical risk may be increasing, a complete decoupling is still undesirable for most companies.

Hoping to attract more multinational companies to invest in Beijing, the city issued new rules in May providing financial incentives for multinational companies to set up regional headquarters (RHQ) in Beijing.

On May 18, 2005, the Ministry of Construction ("MOC") launched 10 standard guarantee forms on its web site for a trial run.

The total foreign investment into China for the first 9 months of 2007 amounted to about US$47 billion, an increase of 10.9% from 2006.

This memorandum is an overview of the legal and strategic issues related to implementing share incentive schemes in China.

On 17 February 2023, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) issued for public comments the Interim Measures for the Administration of Interconnection and Cooperation between the...

China has been actively developing its capital markets and further opening-up to foreign investors aiming to connect Chinese capital markets with the rest of the world.

On 20 July 2019, the Office of Financial Stability and Development Committee (the Office) under the State Council published the Relevant Measures for Further Opening Up the Financial Sector (the 11 Measures).

Due to the foreign exchange control principle in mainland China that "domestic debt shall not be converted into foreign debt", domestic banks were not permitted to make outbound assignment...

Trust companies raise funds from the public when investors subscribe to equity shares of a specific real estate project.

After 13 years of drafting and debating, China finally passed its first comprehensive Anti-monopoly Law (Law) on August 30, 2007. Please refer to our prior China Watch: "The New Antimonopoly Law and its Impact on Foreign MA Transactions" (AML Article) for the contents and our analysis of the Law.

India is now the fourth largest economy in the world and the second fastest growing economy in the world. With consistent 7% growth during the past few years it is chasing and catching the Chinese Dragon, which is trying to depress a growth rate of 9+% to avoid overheating. Both economies desire and require foreign investment.

On April 23, 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC"), China’s national agency for economic planning, made an announcement.

证券承销是指发行人委托证券经营机构向社会公开销售证券的行为。发行人向不特定对象公开发行证券，依法应当由证券公司承销。

The Supplemental Regulations on the Administration of Foreign-Invested Construction Enterprises (Decree No. 121), Construction and Engineering Design Enterprises (Decree No. 122) and Urban Planning Service Enterprises (Decree No. 123), which were deliberated and ratified at the 24th working meeting of the Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Foreign Trade on 9 December 2003, were promulgated for implementation as from 1 January 2004.

For over a decade, our China dispute lawyers have consistently received inquiries from companies that have paid between $3000 and $100,000 for product from a Chinese manufacturer and received either nothing.

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