Foreign Direct Investment

The recent regulation on elderly care services by China's State Council will open up the market, and encourages more foreign investment.

With the country's state pension fund forecast to run dry in 16 years, foreign insurers are being welcomed to knock on China's doors.

Heng An Standard Life Insurance becomes the first foreign-invested pensions insurer to win CBIRC approval; Shanghai announces plans for more corporate tax cuts this year; and China mulls closure of virtual currency mining outfits.

The revised Regulations remove provisions on restrictive clauses of technology import contracts

China's policy makers have boosted efforts to tackle unfair competition in recent months, but foreign companies remain skeptical of whether policy and legislation will actually translate into practice.

The Law protects technology transfers and trade secrets

The National People's Congress approves a new comprehensive Foreign Investment Law; China plans to streamline trademark registrations; IP lawsuits soar in China for a second year, and Macao comes under pressure to improve its gaming regulations.

Zhuhai allows foreign PE firms to raise funds in China

Daisy Duan, partner, and Linlin Cao, senior associate, at King & Wood Mallesons examine the expanded scope of new regulations on tax deferral for qualified foreign investments in the PRC and also compare the differences between the old and new requirements