Foreign Direct Investment

The buzz surrounding the Free Trade Zone in Shanghai has caused foreign companies to rethink their China strategy. Should companies move into the zone immediately or wait for clearer policies to emerge?

Issued: September 27 2013 Main contents: The Draft specifies that the amended Measures apply to the act whereby a foreign investor secures A shares…

Foreign investment in entertainment equipment production allowed in the free trade zone.

The Zone selects the financial services, shipping services, trade services, professional services, cultural services and social services sectors for increased liberalisation.

Shanghai's Free Trade Zone has been called one of the largest reforms since Deng Xiaoping's era. But how free will it really be? It is best thought of as an area where the government can focus on ways to achieve its long term goals

Shanghai's Free Trade Zone has been called one of the largest reforms since Deng Xiaoping's era. But how free will it really be? It is best thought of as an area where the government can focus on ways to achieve its long term goals

China establishes its first free trade zone in Shanghai.

The establishment of a foreign-invested enterprise in mainland China can be a formidable task, but a Circular from the State Council may streamline the process and ease the registration burden

The revised Catalogue expands opportunities for foreign investment across the country's regions and encourages some previously restricted areas of investment. But investors looking to move west need to be aware of the challenges that they face