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A number of preferential tax policies have recently been extended for four years, with implementing circulars also providing important clarifications on applicable rules. Daisy Duan, Wang Yan and Li Cuishi of King & Wood Mallesons explore the details.

GGV capital is breaking up its business into two, separating its Asia partnership; A Shanghai court has recognized Bitcoin as a currency; and China eases capital controls in an effort to attract foreign investment.

China approves the U.S. listing plans of VIE-structured company CheChe; Chinese IP court helps mediate dispute between Dyson and Dreame; and CSRC proposes rules to encourage companies to pay their dividends

Liu Yuxiang and Wu Qiong, labor law specialists at Haiwen & Partners examine the important and sometimes difficult labor law issues which can arise for foreign investors seeking to exit China

China announces that overseas taxpayers will be exempt from certain taxes until the end of 2027; China attempts to boost the secondary market by introducing a phased restriction on IPOs; and PRC People’s Court recognizes virtual assets as property despite crypto ban

3M pays fine to settle bribery charges on its China subsidiary; China recognizes data as an asset in financial statements; and China revises company law to increase controlling shareholder responsibility in companies.

National Administration of Financial Regulation permits overseas non-financial institutions to serve as investors in financial asset management companies.

China meets executives of international firms in order to reassure them over data security regulations; CSRC seeks regulatory opinion for the frist time for overseas listing; and Chinese automobile parts included in U.S. import detention over Xinjiang concerns

Biden's new Executive Order simplifies the proposed "Reverse CFIUS" review process of outbound investment into China; Small hedge funds in China are threatened with a minimum asset requirement; and Shanghai Stock Exchange further scrutinizes medical companies as an anti-corruption campaign intensifies.

Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng examines a new set of measures promulgated by China’s cyberspace regulator which seeks to keep pace with, and control in line with government ideologies, the rapid rise in generative AI technologies