Cross-border legal intelligence · China & the world
Analysis, practice notes and commentary in this area from China Law Insider.
Eight government departments want more than 160 dedicated tourist trains by 2030. But with household savings at record highs, the plan looks less like rail policy than a demand-stimulus experiment in tourism language — and it carries real market-access signals for foreign operators.
Read the article →The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is moving with unprecedented urgency to establish its own multilateral development bank. For businesses operating across the East-West divide, the implications run from treasury operations to project finance.
Read the article →Beijing is committing at least 15 trillion RMB to overhauling China's cities over the next five years. For Western construction, infrastructure and real estate companies, the plan presents a significant market opportunity and a complex legal landscape.
Read the article →An interview with Peter Pang on the forces reshaping cross-border dealmaking in China: the policy-driven reversal of capital flows, why the playing field is not the West's, and where due diligence needs to go deeper.
Read the article →Beijing's revised negative list and a faster security-review track signal a more selective opening. Foreign investors face a sharper line between encouraged sectors and those now drawing heightened scrutiny.
Read the article →MOFCOM's shift from approval to online registration cut months from the timeline for wholly foreign-owned enterprises. The steps are simpler, but the traps for the unwary remain.
Read the article →Direct cross-border franchising is permitted, but the 2+1 rule, mandatory pre-signing disclosures and trademark localisation decide who succeeds in the market.
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