Zhang Wei, general manager of the legal department at ICBC, talks with David Tring about his hopes for legislation in 2013 and how the bank's expanding global reach is affecting his work
September 27, 2012
China Law News
Zhang Wei, general manager of the legal department at ICBC, talks with David Tring about his hopes for legislation in 2013 and how the bank's expanding global reach is affecting his work
September 26, 2012Draft Measures from the NDRC should simplify procedures for outbound investment, but have raised fears of conflict with China's other regulators over who gives the first approval
September 22, 2012The Ministry of Land and Resources has issued Opinions regulating land registration to crack down on illegal land use by setting up a review system
September 21, 2012Louise Jing, labour counsel for General Electric, talks to China Law & Practice about taking a different approach when it comes to national and provincial-level regulations and dealing with local authorities
September 21, 2012Professor Liu Chuntian won the Outstanding Achievement Award at China Law & Practice's awards ceremony last week. In this interview with Peter Leung of Managing IP, Liu speaks out on China's IP strategy and enforcement systems
September 21, 2012Last night China Law & Practice hosted its sixth annual Awards ceremony in Beijing. Jun He and Freshfields took home the prestigious Firm of the Year prizes. Here is the full list of winners including deals, teams and firms of the year
September 15, 2012The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission has suspended the hearing of cases at its Shenzhen and Shanghai sub-commissions
September 12, 2012The variable interest equity (VIE) structure has long been used by foreign investors wishing to invest in China's prohibited or restricted industries, but an investigation into New Oriental Group has highlighted issues with the structure and led to calls to fully-open foreign investment
September 12, 2012New Measures from SIPO could see invention patents granted in a year, but questions remain over how many applications examiners can push through that quickly
September 12, 2012