Foreign Direct Investment

• State Administration of Taxation, Circular on Several Issues Concerning the Crediting of Purchases of Domestically Produced Equipment as Investments by Foreign-invested Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises Against Enterprise Income Tax

  国家税务总局关于外商投资企业和外国企业购买国产设备投资抵免企业所得税若干问题的通知

  Issued: May 20 2005Main contents: The Circular clarifies several issues concerning the implementation of the Circular on Questions Relevant to Crediting…

  September 02, 2005

• The Successful Structuring of Foreign Direct Investment Deals in China: Assets or Equity?

  Regulatory advances in the country are making it possible for foreign investors to structure their investments in increasingly sophisticated ways, thereby helping minimize risks.

  September 02, 2005

• Circular on Several Issues Concerning the Crediting of Purchases of Domestically Produced Equipment as Investments by Foreign-invested Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises Against Enterprise Income Tax

  关于外商投资企业和外国企业购买国产设备投资抵免企业所得税若干问题的通知

  This Circular is concerned with purchases of production lines and integration equipments, equipments that are assembled by imported material and parts, and domestically produced equipments.

  September 02, 2005

• Measures for the Examination and Approval of the Advance Recovery of the Investments of Foreign Partners in Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Ventures

  中外合作经营企业外国合作者先行回收投资审批办法

  These Measures specify the scope of applicability, the requirements/application/procedures for advance recovery of the investments of foreign partners in Sino-foreign joint ventures.

  September 02, 2005

• Cause for Complications: State-owned Assets In M&A Deals

  By Beth Bunnell and George WangWebsite: www.jonesday.comTransactions involving state-owned assets (SOAs) in China have long been subject to requirements…

  September 02, 2005

• National Development and Reform Commission, Steel Industry Development Policy

  国家发展和改革委员会钢铁产业发展政策

  Promulgated: July 8 2005Main contents: According to the Policy, mergers and restructurings shall be implemented in order to expand the scale of pillar…

  September 01, 2005

• Cause for Complications: State-owned Assets In M&A Deals

  By Beth Bunnell and George WangWebsite: www.jonesday.comTransactions involving state-owned assets (SOAs) in China have long been subject to requirements…

  September 01, 2005

• SAFE Tightens Control over Offshore Transactions

   By Alex Zhang and Gilbert ZengWebsite: www.jonesday.comNearly three months following the promulgation of the Issues Relevant to Improving the Foreign…

  July 02, 2005

• Shanghai Municipality, Issues Relevant to Further Regulating the Transactions of State-owned Assets and Equity of Sino-foreign Equity and Cooperative Joint Ventures in the Municipality Circular

  上海市关于进一步规范本市中外合资、合作企业国有产权交易有关问题的通知

  Promulgated: January 28 2005Main contents: The Chinese party of a Sino-foreign equity or cooperative joint venture holding state-owned assets and equity…

  June 02, 2005

• State Administration of Taxation and Ministry of Commerce, Procedures for the Examination and Approval of Enterprise Income Tax Reductions and Exemptions for Technology Imports Circular

  国家税务总局、商务部关于技术进口企业所得税减免审批程序的通知

  Issued: March 17 2005Effective: as of date of issueMain contents: The Circular states that a foreign investor that wishes to apply for an income tax reduction…

  June 02, 2005