Foreign Direct Investment

Basic-level people's courts have jurisdiction over first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases.

New guidelines specify legal liability of personal information processor and the foreign data recipient.

The U.S. detains millions worth of solar panel products at the border; rules surrounding high-tech export controls clarified; Shanghai court strikes down VAM agreement

The 2022 Encouraged Catalogue encourages foreign investment in the shipping sector

China will support foreign-invested enterprises to list domestically

A recent executive order issued by U.S. President Joe Biden heightened the level of scrutiny of inbound deals in certain sensitive industries. And now the U.S. is weighing legislation that calls for a "reverse CFIUS," which will add government scrutiny to outbound transactions.

CBIRC revises regulations to achieve equal treatment for domestic and foreign bank investment

In the second part of this series, Ivan Jin, Allen Liu, Bella Cao and Huppert Hu of Merits & Tree Law Offices look at the ever-expanding opportunities for cooperation between insurance companies and foreign investors amidst a complex regulatory landscape

CSRC plans to exempt foreign investors from short-term profit rules; Foshan Government vastly increases financial support for overseas IP protection; BNP Paribas gains regulatory approval from CBIRC for wealth management joint venture with Agricultural Bank of China.