Foreign Direct Investment

Llinks Law OfficeSince China first set up its legal framework for foreign investment in the early 1980s, two fundamental issues have faced foreign investors…

Reforming China's state-owned enterprises is crucial to any economic reform efforts. A preliminary step has been made to introduce foreign investment into the public sector, and comes amid a more broadly based legislative effort to revamp China's economy.

A circular on the principles, procedures and rules regarding the transfer of state-owned shares and legal person shares in Listed companies to foreign investors issued by the CSRC, MOF and SETC.

Llinks Law Office In an attempt to further streamline China's foreign exchange regime, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) in September…

China's US$400 billion construction industry already accounts for nearly 7% of the country's GDP, and anyone who has visited China in recent years will…

The scope of work for foreign law firms in China is a hot topic and work in China's legal market constitutes one of the key services included in the country's WTO membership agreements. What can we make of new implementing regulations that govern foreign law firms' China activity?

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue  Despite the adverse effect of the September 11 tragedy on worldwide travel, China saw a hefty Rmb50 billion in…

Organizing a predictable system for the development of agriculture is of pressing concern as China faces the new century. The legal environment is offering new chances for foreign plant breeders to commercialize their varieties in China.

Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerAn imminent change in PRC tax regulations could raise costs for foreign investment projects involving imports of equipment…