Corporate Governance

• China Banking Regulatory Commission, Guidelines for Risk Management by Commercial Banks of Loans Extended for Mergers and Acquisitions

  中国银行业监督管理委员会商业银行并购贷款风险管理指引

  CBRC relaxes M&A loan requirements.

  April 29, 2015

• National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2015)

  国家发展和改革委员会、商务部外商投资产业指导目录 (2015年修订)

  Foreign investment catalogue revised to allow more foreign shareholding.

  April 29, 2015

• Measures for the Administration of the Check and Approval, and Record Filing of Foreign-invested Projects (Revised)

  外商投资项目核准和备案管理办法 (修订)

  The Measures are revised to follow changes in the List of Investment Projects Subject to Government Check and Approval, which relaxes foreign projects approval requirements.

  April 16, 2015

• Guiding Opinions on Standardising Names Filed for Cases of Concentrations of Business Operators

  关于规范经营者集中案件申报名称的指导意见

  MOFCOM gives instructions on case naming for anti-monopoly filings.

  March 19, 2015

• How to tackle merger remedies under MOFCOM's new rules

  While the Ministry of Commerce has expanded on its implementation of restrictive conditions by clarifying procedures and introducing the crown jewel and upfront buyer mechanisms, how it determines its preference for remedies requires further explanation

  March 12, 2015

• How to tackle merger remedies under MOFCOM's new rules

  While the Ministry of Commerce has expanded on its implementation of restrictive conditions by clarifying procedures and introducing the crown jewel and upfront buyer mechanisms, how it determines its preference for remedies requires further explanation

  March 12, 2015

• China question: How do I create and implement a data privacy framework?

  How can I keep my company's information secure and comply with PRC regulations? How do I manage the information of my business partners, third parties and customers to ensure they are protected?

  March 10, 2015

• China question: How do I create and implement a data privacy framework?

  How can I keep my company's information secure and comply with PRC regulations? How do I manage the information of my business partners, third parties and customers to ensure they are protected?

  March 10, 2015

• Provisions on the Attachment of Restrictive Conditions to Concentrations of Business Operators (Trial Implementation)

  关于经营者集中附加限制性条件的规定 (试行)

  MOFCOM may require a "Crown Jewels" divestiture of a concentration.

  March 06, 2015

• What the foreign investment overhaul means for investors

  How MOFCOM deals with existing VIEs and interprets control, and the sectors that will be put on the negative list, will determine the consequences and prospects for both present and future foreign investors

  March 02, 2015