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.
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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.
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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.
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Effective since 18 July 2017, the German government strengthens control on attempts to take over German companies by investors from outside the EU or EFTA by a respective amendment of the Foreign Trade Ordinance (“Außenwirtschaftsverordnung”). The Middle…
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Investments and Business Ventures in China China’s infamous attempt at exercising control over its inbound foreign investments is embodied by the yearly issuance of the Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (the Catalogue). For many…
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China and Administrative Law Like many countries, China has numerous state agencies that make decisions that affect Chinese companies, consumers, and citizens on a daily basis. These agencies decide on various matters such as the compensation to be given to a…
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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.
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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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Under Chinese law, every company must have a legal representative when starting a company or opening a new business in the PRC. A company’s legal representative is the individual who serves as the legal embodiment of the company’s interests for purposes of…
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Many foreign businesses are reluctant to register their brand name into Chinese, assuming that the brand will be recognizable, distinctive, and protected by one trademark filing. In reality, it is critical to ensure that the trademark name is also registered…
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Much of the world, China included, is in shock over the recent election of billionaire property developer and TV reality shows mogul Donald J. Trump in the United States. All of the pre-election polls, and even many of the leaders of Mr. Trump’s own…
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In a recent development that could either spell great news or a reason for fear for foreign workers in China, on September 9, 2016, China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (“SAFEA”), one of two Chinese government agencies currently charged…
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What does a deck of playing cards and a lighter have in common? ‘Nothing’, one could argue. On December 30th 2015, the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court argued otherwise and endorsed a creative argument in a case involving the world’s largest playing…
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