Corporate Governance

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Reforming China's state-owned enterprises is crucial to any economic reform efforts. A preliminary step has been made to introduce foreign investment into the public sector, and comes amid a more broadly based legislative effort to revamp China's economy.

A detailed legislation on the reorganization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by using foreign investment.

A circular on the principles, procedures and rules regarding the transfer of state-owned shares and legal person shares in Listed companies to foreign investors issued by the CSRC, MOF and SETC.