Corporate Governance

• State Economic and Trade Commission, Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Industry and Commerce and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Using Foreign Investment to Reorganize State-owned Enterprises Tentative Provisions

  国家经济贸易委员会、财政部、国家工商行政管理总局、国家外汇管理局利用外资改组国有企业暂行规定

  Promulgated: November 8 2002Effective: January 1 2003Interpreting authority: State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration…

  November 30, 2002

• Disclosure Rules for Shareholding Changes

  Pu Dong Law OfficeOn September 28 2002, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) published the Administration of Disclosure of Information on…

  November 30, 2002

• Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Administration of Foreign-invested Construction Enterprises Provisions

  建设部、对外贸易经济合作部外商投资建筑业企业管理规定

  Promulgated: September 27 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: State Council administrative departments in charge of construction and…

  November 30, 2002

• Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Administration of Foreign-invested Construction Design Enterprises Provisions

  建设部、对外贸易经济合作部外商投资建设工程设计企业管理规定

  Promulgated: September 27 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: State Council administrative departments in charge of construction and…

  November 30, 2002

• State Council General Office, Issues Relevant to the Proper Handling of Current Projects with Guaranteed Fixed Returns for Foreign Investors Circular

  国务院办公厅关于妥善处理现有保证外方投资固定回报项目有关问题的通知

  Issued: September 10 2002Main contents: The Circular states that projects in which the foreign investor is guaranteed fixed returns are not in compliance…

  November 30, 2002

• The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: New QFII Rules Open A Share Market

  The new QFII regulations mark another step in opening the securities markets further to foreign participation. Many new laws have made it apparent that the CSRC is committed to the path of financial reform and development.

  November 30, 2002

• Amending the Insurance Law: Long-Term Policy or Expedient Measures?

  China will promulgate an amended insurance law as part of a broad-ranging programme of post-WTO accession legislative renovation. An in-depth analysis of the pros and cons, and the implications for the China insurance market.

  November 30, 2002

• Administration of Securities Investments in China by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors Tentative Measures

  合格境外机构投资者境内证券投资管理暂行办法

  This piece of legislation marks a significant development of China's securities markets as it opens up the A share and domestic bond markets to foreign investment for the first time. It lays down the application and qualification standards of QFII.

  November 30, 2002

• State Council Clamps Down on Fixed Return Projects

  Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerWhile the Chinese central government has long prohibited the practice of "guaranteed fixed returns" whereby the Chinese party…

  November 30, 2002

• Preferential Treatment and National Treatment: The Evolving Status of FIEs

  Llinks Law OfficeSince China first set up its legal framework for foreign investment in the early 1980s, two fundamental issues have faced foreign investors…

  November 30, 2002