On August 18 2017, China’s State Council published Guiding Opinions on Further Guiding and Regulating Outbound Investment Orientation (the “Guidelines”) which are collectively issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Comparing to the previous regulations such as Outbound Investment…

On July 30, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) issued two important regulations relating to foreign investment in China, one is the Decision on Revising the Interim Administrative Measures for the Record-filing of the Establishment and Change of Foreign-invested Enterprises (the “Decision”) and the other is Notice on Matters Related to the Administration of the Record-filing of…

On June 28, 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Catalogue on Industry Guidelines for Foreign Investment (2017 Revision) (hereinafter referred to as the “Catalogue 2017”), and it will take into effect on July 28, 2017. The main changes between Catalogue 2017 and the previous version in…

On March 15, 2017, the General Rules of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter the “General Rules of the Civil Law) were promulgated, which will take into effect on October 1, 2017. The General Rules of the Civil Law are regarded as the most basic and framework legislation in the civil…

On April 12, 2016, the Supreme People’s Court issued the Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Issues Relating to Application of Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (IV) (Draft for Public Comments) (“Provisions”). The Provisions mainly focus on the following contents: 1.    The validity of the board of shareholders’ meeting resolution, or…

On October 28, 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China issued the Decision of the Ministry of Commerce on Revising Certain Regulations and Normative Documents (“Decision”), which took effect on the same day. The Decision aims to deepen the reform of foreign investment enterprises (“FIE”) in respect of registered capital registration system…

On October 02, 2015, State Council of People’s Republic of China (the “China”) released Opinions of the State Council on the Implementation of the Market Access Negative List (the “Negative List”) System (the “Opinions”). The Draft will come into effect as of December 1, 2015 and shall remain in force till December 31, 2017. The…

On July 15, 2015, the Supreme People’s Court has issued the Reply on the Request of the Shanghai High People’s Court for Instructions on the Cases Involving the Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards Made by the CIETAC and its Former Sub-Commissions (the “Reply”). The Reply, once taking into effect dated on July 17, 2015, will…