Features & Analyses

  • Circulars from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange have reduced the approval burden on the capital account, a move that has boosted investor confidence by showing a renewed commitment to liberalising foreign exchange controls

    January 16, 2013
  • While attention in 2012 focused on the controversial divisions between CIETAC and its sub-commissions in Shanghai and Shenzhen, there have been a number of more positive developments affecting the outlook for arbitration in China

    January 16, 2013
  • As the 12th Five-year Plan reaches the halfway mark, how close is the country to achieving the goals it set? Progress has been made in offering incentives and subsides, but key legislation that investors are looking for has yet to be passed

    January 16, 2013
  • As the 12th Five-year Plan reaches the halfway mark, how close is the country to achieving the goals it set? Progress has been made in offering incentives and subsides, but key legislation that investors are looking for has yet to be passed

    January 16, 2013
  • During the last two years, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission has issued several new policies for insurance proceeds investment, but the distribution is unclear at this stage, leaving insurance companies seeking guidance

    January 16, 2013
  • The amended Lawyers Law better protects the rights of lawyers and defendants by expanding what constitutes confidential information and brings the law in line with the Criminal Procedure Law

    December 19, 2012
  • Many foreign-invested companies have delayed establishing trade unions, but as the government pushes harder on this issue, unionisation and collective bargaining will become unavoidable

    December 19, 2012