Foreign Direct Investment

Cooperative educational programmes have been a fast-growing sector in China. New rules governing cooperative educational programmes operating in China contains important changes.

Driven by strong government support and robust market demand, China's IT industry has reportedly grown by 20% annually over the past decade. Public spending…

The newly effective Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors Tentative Provisions  (外国投资者并购境内企业暂行规定)…

The Shanghai Municipal Commission for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade issued a detailed set of implementing rules which govern the establishment of regional headquarters by foreign multinationals in various forms.

The Shanghai Communications Administration Bureau's recently released 2002 overview of the city's telecommunications industry makes for interesting reading.…

Driven by strong government support and robust market demand, China's IT industry has reportedly grown by 20% annually over the past decade. Public spending…

Issued: March 28 2003Main contents: The Circular clarifies that foreign-invested projects whose additional investments are approved before April 1 2002…

Issued: April 15 2003Main contents: The Notice lists 21 types of items in respect of which administrative examination and approval requirements are to…

Foreign-invested holding companies in the PRC have had a chequered history. Among MOFTEC's last big pieces of legislation are rules that make some positive changes in this area.