On June 6, 2024, Premier Li Qiang signed a State Council decree introducing the Regulation on Fair Competition Reviews (the Regulation) effective August 1. According to the Regulation, administrative agencies and...more
On Sunday August 13, 2023, the State Council released the Opinions to Further Optimize the Environment for Foreign Investment and Increase Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment (“Opinions”)....more
8/16/2023
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China Publishes Draft Amendment to Company Law -
The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress issued the draft Amendment to the Company Law (“Amended Company Law”) on December 24, 2021 for comment through...more
On December 27, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition)...more
1/11/2022
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The Chinese Government on October 14, 2019 released an advance copy of the Draft Regulations on the Implementation of the Foreign Investment Law for comment (Draft Implementing Regulations) to several foreign chambers of...more
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as expected published three lists on foreign investment on June 30: a revised negative list applicable to the country as a whole (the...more
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on June 13 published the draft Measures on Security Assessment of Personal Information (PI) Cross-Border Transfers (draft “Measures”) for comments due by July 13, apparently...more
Recent reports indicate that, pending regulatory approval, the Dalian Commodity Exchange in China will open trading to foreign participants in futures contracts on soybeans, soymeal, soy oil and palm oil. This is the latest...more
China has accelerated its foreign investment legislative process, in part as a goodwill gesture before resuming face-to-face trade talks with its U.S. counterparts. The National People’s Congress released the Draft PRC...more
China's State Council on August 4, 2017, promulgated the Guiding Opinions on Further Guiding and Regulating Overseas Investment (Opinions). The Opinions were jointly formulated by the National Development and Reform...more
On August 8, China's State Council published the Notice on Promotion of Foreign Investment Growth (Guo Fa [2017] No. 39). The Notice is intended to further liberalize foreign investment, and calls on China to actively utilize...more
The General Office of China's State Council posted on June 16 the Special Measures on the Administration of Entry by Foreign Investment in Pilot Free Trade Zones (Negative List) (2017 edition) (Guobanfa [2017] No. 51, dated...more
The US-China Business Council (USCBC) hosted a meeting on March 13, 2017, with the Foreign Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Deputy Director General LIU Hongkuan (Mr. Liu) and...more
On January 17, China's State Council published the Notice on Several Measures on Increasing of Openness to Foreign Investment and Active Use of Foreign Investment (Guo Fa [2017] No. 5). The notice is intended to expand...more
On October 8, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) issued the Provisional Measures for Filing Administration of Establishment and Changes of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (“FIEs”) (“Filing Administration Measures”). The Filing...more
The longstanding tension in China between expansion of service to the Internet and regulation of content on the Internet has entered a new phase. While the so-called Great Firewall remains in place to block unwanted overseas...more
China's State Council on October 19, 2015 published the Opinions on Implementing the Negative List System for Market Access (Opinions), specifying that China intends to implement a unified national negative list system for...more