The FTZ Negative List is downsized from 37 to 30 items.
July 10, 2020
Foreign Direct Investment
Hong Kong's status as a global business center looks more uncertain than ever as pressure grows both from Beijing and Washington D.C.
July 03, 2020U.S. Senate passes bill threatening sanctions against financial institutions, officials over Hong Kong; China shortens negative lists to further open up economy to foreign investment; and CSRC plans to grant securities licenses to domestic commercial banks
June 29, 2020Major plan for Hainan to become globally-recognized free trade port released; Swiss bank Credit Suisse takes majority control of securities JV; and U.S.-China animosity extends to aviation industry with bans and walk backs
June 08, 2020U.S.-China hostilities have been pretty one-sided so far, but China has vowed to retaliate starting with measures targeting U.S. companies
June 05, 2020U.S. companies in China are caught between the cross hairs of both the Chinese and U.S. governments
June 05, 2020Alan Xu and Youran Wu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the various methods that foreign-invested enterprises in China can adopt to remit funds to cash-strapped shareholders or affiliates overseas during the coronavirus pandemic
May 21, 2020Foreign investment is restricted in various areas integral to autonomous vehicles
May 20, 2020China's anti-monopoly regulator accepts VIE merger filing for the first time; Supreme Court outlines plans to strengthen IP rights protection; and rules changed to remove hurdles for medical equipment exporters
April 27, 2020Bao Zhi, Yibei Zhang, Grace Tso and Scott Silverman of Baker McKenzie and FenXun Partners discuss the workings of the Negative List regime and other administrative measures that impact market access for foreign investments in the light of China's push to provide foreign investors with a fairer and more transparent foreign investment environment
April 24, 2020
