Features & Analyses

Zaiguang Lu of Han Kun Law Offices and Charles Wu of Han Kun Law Offices' Hong Kong Association Law Firm review major pieces of legislation affecting China's PE/VC industry and offer insight about the key trends, challenges and opportunities in the sector.

Frank Jiang and Emily Xu of Zhong Lun Law Firm provide an overview of the various opportunities and potential challenges to foreign investors amid China's further opening-up of its financial sector

Daisy Duan and Linlin Cao of King & Wood Mallesons review and highlight the new individual income tax rules and major tax rules issued in 2019, which may impact on foreign companies doing business in China

A breakthrough in the trade war, but how long will it last?

China is internationalizing its arbitration system as it embarks on high-value, global investment projects

Faced with a slowing economy and a bruising trade war, China's securities regulator under new leadership has sought to ease financing channels for companies by introducing innovative reforms to the domestic IPO system and opening up to increased foreign capital inflows

Feng Wang of Jingtian & Gongcheng highlights the major asset restructuring rules of companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market including the requirements for reverse takeover in light of market-orientated reform.

Fang Zhou and Yue (Brett) Zhang of JunHe review the old regulatory system of cryptography law and how the newly introduced PRC Cryptography Law brings a more flexible approach for cipher products to flourish in China.

Frank Jiang and Emily Xu of Zhong Lun Law Firm highlight the newly introduced regulations aimed at foreign-invested banks and insurers to encourage foreign investors to expand their presence in China and strengthen the competitiveness in the financial sector