U.S. to tighten disclosure obligations of foreign listed companies, targeting China; China to allow local investors to invest more in overseas assets under QDII; and EU issues measures to restrict Chinese medical device manufacturers from accessing public procurement contracts
SAMR issues rules to implement the safe harbor system concerning monopoly agreements. CSRC allows for simplified review procedures for offering shares to purchase assets. Trust companies are exempted from setting up supervisory boards.
Western companies concerned about China's demand for sensitive rare earths information; Irish data regulators target transparency and transfer impact assessment failures in landmark decision; and China's largest insurer plans to raise HK$11.77 billion through convertible bond listing in Frankfurt
Chinese regulator scrutinizes Apple’s AI rollout with Alibaba amid trade war; the Trump administration plans to extend restrictions to cover subsidiaries of sanctioned tech companies; and China announces scheme to convert confiscated cryptocurrency into cash
Chinese EV giant BYD investigated in U.S. for alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party; European companies more pessimistic about doing business in China amid economic slowdown; and the world’s first intergovernmental legal organization for mediation established in Hong Kong
Venture capital firm's Chinese investment to be reviewed by U.S. Treasury; Small-scale M&A on the rise despite trade tensions, sluggish growth; and U.S. Congressmen urge delisting of 25 Chinese groups from U.S. exchanges.
SAMR adds new forms in which illegal acts of abusive administrative power to eliminate or restrict competition manifest, and clarifies the “appropriate confidentiality measures” in trade secrets protection. Permanent supplementation of working capital constitute a change in the purpose of offering proceeds
CATL and Ant Group’s planned listings could break recent HK IPO records; The lowering of U.S. drug prices will impact Chinese drugmakers; and U.S. House passes sanctions bill targeting trade secret theft by China.
Standards are released specifying compliance audits of personal information protection and technical requirements for the minor mode for mobile internet. State Council extends the protection scope of new plant varieties.
Chinese exporters ship goods through third countries to conceal true origin; China’s stringent cross-border data transfer rules force European pause in funding of scientific research; and Draft revisions of arbitration law aim to increase oversight and international cooperation on arbitration cases
