Features & Analyses

• Ministry of Agriculture Formalizes Processes for Handling PVR Infringement Cases

  The Ministry of Agriculture issued new rules on infringement cases involving plant varieties. They constitute another important part of the regulatory infrastructure for the protection of PVRs in China.

  February 28, 2003

• Guangdong Takes the Lead in Regulating E-commerce Transactions

  On December 6 2002 the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress passed the Guangdong Province, Electronic Transactions Regulations (the Regulations). These are the first regulations in China to address the particulars of electronic transactions.

  February 28, 2003

• China's Post-WTO Reforms in Financial Services: Achievements and Challenges

  Over a year after its WTO accession, how has China done in the key securities, fund management and insurance markets?

  February 28, 2003

• China Gets Tough on Money Laundering

  New regulations from the central bank target the use of financial institutions to launder funds obtained by criminal means. Under new rules, both renminbi and foreign currency transfers through financial institutions under the PBOC's supervision will come under heightened scrutiny.

  February 28, 2003

• Halfway to Effective Shareholder Protection

  False profit statements and other forms of misrepresentation have plagued China's securities markets for years. A new SPC regulation directs the government's efforts to clean up the markets.

  February 28, 2003

• FIE Financing and the New Foreign Debt Measures

  The PRC's new Foreign Debt Administration Tentative Procedures set out tighter foreign debt registration requirements, while collecting and putting a high-level government imprimatur on various policies and practices.

  February 28, 2003

• Privacy Protection in China's Cyberspace

  Legislative issues arising out of the popularity of the Internet in China include the thorny problems of privacy and the rights of the individual. The debate is more complicated in a State where the interests of society as a whole have always been seen as paramount.

  January 31, 2003

• The Business of Cleaning Up China's Environment

  China's environment has taken a beating over the past decades when economic growth has been the government's priority. The government is now making a keen effort to tackle the problems, and is devoting resources to major projects.

  January 31, 2003

• Taiwan's Government Procurement - Ready to Open the Market?

  Taiwan joined the WTO in 2002 and is currently scheduled to sign the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) in March 2003. Is Taiwan's regulatory environment ready to accommodate foreign bidders?

  January 31, 2003

• Plenty of Room to Grow: A Look at China's Business Trust Industry

  Trusts in China have made considerable progress over the past few years. China's trust industry saw several positive developments in 2002, but much remains to be done to create an investment field with widespread appeal.

  January 31, 2003