A February 2015 Morrison & Foerster client alert reported on the issuance of a new draft Foreign Investment Law (“FIL”) that, if promulgated, would institute far-reaching changes to the Chinese government’s oversight of...more
As we reported in our February 18, 2014 alert, China’s State Council adopted a new, more permissive approach to regulation of overseas direct investment (“ODI”) with the promulgation on December 2, 2013 of the Circular...more
On May 11, 2013, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) issued the Provisions for Administration of Foreign Exchange Relating to Inbound Direct Investment by Foreign Investors ( “Circular 21”), effective May...more
The Supreme People’s Court of China (the “Supreme Court”) rendered its final judgment on November 7, 2012, in the Haifu Investment Co., Ltd. v. Gansu Shiheng Nonferrous Resources Recycle Company Limited (“Haifu v. Shiheng”)....more
China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), the securities regulator of the People’s Republic China (the “PRC” or “China”), has scrapped quantitative threshold requirements for Chinese companies applying for offshore...more
On September 21, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) promulgated the Interim Provisions of the Ministry of Commerce for Equity Contribution in Relation to Foreign-Invested Enterprises (the “Provisions”), effective as of...more
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