Determining the origin of traded goods is a critical aspect of the rules of international trade. The State Council recently adopted new rules that bring China into greater conformity with WTO standards and practices.
Foreign investors in China ignore the impact of trade disputes at their own peril. What are the issues involved, and how can investors protect themselves?
Allows insurance companies and insurance asset management companies to directly purchase and trade renminbi-denominated common stock, and to directly purchase convertible corporate bonds and other specified investment product.
The framework for the second round of the Mainland-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement was concluded in August. Now, the two sides have signed the "Legal Text", which has three annexes.
Regulatory changes that have made it easier to set up new foreign investments, but new rules have displayed an ambiguity over the respective roles of issuing authorities that may confound foreign investors.
Rural grievances over tenancy insecurity are staples of news stories about China. This feature looks into the impact on peasantry rights as a result of economic change and the legal issues that arises out of Land Law in China.