Features & Analyses

• The best ways to handle large-scale layoffs

  As companies in China cut back on manpower to cope with the effects of a slowing economy, employment practitioners share key pointers on how best to manage the increasingly independent and active workforce during the process

  June 26, 2015

• The best ways to handle large-scale layoffs

  As companies in China cut back on manpower to cope with the effects of a slowing economy, employment practitioners share key pointers on how best to manage the increasingly independent and active workforce during the process

  June 26, 2015

• Preparing for the food safety crackdown

  The much-anticipated Food Safety Law amendment increases and consolidates regulatory supervision, establishes traceability and self-inspection systems, covers more types of food and imposes harsher punishments

  June 25, 2015

• Preparing for the food safety crackdown

  The much-anticipated Food Safety Law amendment increases and consolidates regulatory supervision, establishes traceability and self-inspection systems, covers more types of food and imposes harsher punishments

  June 25, 2015

• China's drug price reforms: Much of the same?

  The new pharmaceutical pricing reforms leave many controls in place, sparking questions on the objective of the changes. Here we push past the fog to see what's really going on

  June 12, 2015

• China's drug price reforms: Much of the same?

  The new pharmaceutical pricing reforms leave many controls in place, sparking questions on the objective of the changes. Here we push past the fog to see what's really going on

  June 12, 2015

• Kering v Alibaba sounds the alarm on China's online counterfeits

  Alibaba's troubles reveal multiple gaps in online enforcement in China

  June 11, 2015

• China question: What are the benefits and risks of investing in a Free Trade Zone?

  Which FTZ should I invest in and which sectors are off limits? Are the zones really more liberal towards foreign investment in practice? What are the administrative and approval procedures to set up a company?

  June 10, 2015

• FDI Catalogue reflects economy and industry push

  The new Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue has opened up and closed off a number of key industries accessible to overseas investors. It may be the last version as China moves to further reform the FDI framework

  June 10, 2015

• What the new Drug Administration Law brings

  The latest Drug Administration Law amendments introduce welcome changes such as relaxed permit requirements and free prices. Pharmaceutical companies should keep abreast of the drug pricing reform, and track review and approval changes in the pipeline

  June 09, 2015