Corporate Governance

• Suzhou tops rankings on foreign investment in China

  Suzhou, located in China's Jiangsu province (80 kilometres west of Shanghai), tops the rankings in the list of 'China's 20 Most Attractive Cities for Foreign…

  October 01, 2006

• State Administration of Taxation, Official Reply on Issues of Determining What Constitutes a Permanent Establishment of a Foreign Enterprise Providing Services in China and of the Attribution of the Profits Derived Thereby

  国家税务局关于外国企业在中国境内提供劳务活动常设机构判定及利润归属问题的批复

  Please wait.... clp reference:3210/06.07.19promulgated:2006-07-19

  October 01, 2006

• New Tax Arrangement between the Mainland and Hong Kong

  By Canice Chan and Brian [email protected]; [email protected]: www.jonesday.comThe central government of China (Mainland) and the Hong…

  October 01, 2006

• SOEs to pay dividends to the government

  China is expected to release rules requiring state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to submit their dividends to the government from the beginning of 2007. The…

  October 01, 2006

• Securities reform lifts investor confidence

  Since China launched its reform of the domestic capital markets in May 2005, requiring listed companies to convert non-tradable state-owned shares into…

  October 01, 2006

• Fraud adds to China's increasing pollution problem

  Zhou Shengxian, the director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), says that fraud in assessing pollution control is prevalent…

  September 02, 2006

• Ministry of Information Industry, Circular on Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Investment in the Operation of Value-added Telecommunications Business

  信息产业部关于加强外商投资经营增值电信业务管理的通知

  Issued: July 13 2006Main contents: The Circular states that certain foreign investors were recently found to have circumvented, together with domestic…

  September 02, 2006

• Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission, People's Bank of China, State Administration for Industry and Commerce and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Opinions on Regulating the Entry of Foreign Investment into the Real Property Market and the Administration Thereof

  建设部、商务部、国家发展和改革委员会、中国人民银行、国家工商行政管理总局、国家外汇管理局关于规范房地产市场外资准入和管理的意见

  Issued: July 11 2006Main contents: The Opinions comprise four sections on:1. Regulating the Entry of Foreign Investment into the Real Property Market;2.…

  September 02, 2006

• Ministry of Commerce approves M&A share swaps

  From September 8 2006, share swaps will be allowed instead of cash payment when foreign companies merge with or acquire PRC companies, according to the…

  September 02, 2006

• China Banking Regulatory Commission, Circular on Matters Relevant to the Entry by Foreign-invested Banks into the Market for the Provision of Overseas Financial Management Services and Custodian Services on Behalf of Customers

  中国银行业监督管理委员会关于外资银行代客境外理财业务和托管业务市场准入事项的通知

  Issued: May 28 2006Main contents: The Circular specifies the procedures for foreign-invested banks applying to engage in the provision of overseas financial…

  September 02, 2006