Foreign Direct Investment

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.

In the first part of a two-part series, Ivan Jin, Allen Liu, Bella Cao and Huppert Hu of Merits & Tree Law Offices explain how foreign capital and Chinese insurance funds can aim to "dance with harmony" in China's private equity market, as they navigate multiple regulatory and practical challenges

Chinese policy commits to dual circulation; First DSL enforcement action; Crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency exchange, OKX

Casper Sek, Partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng, answers some frequently asked questions asked by foreign companies seeking to navigate China's cybersecurity and data laws

Guidance for CFIUS assessments; Possibility of PBOC intervention against falling RMB; China leads in blockchain patent applications

CAC issues guidelines on the procedures for security assessment of overseas data transfers.

EU targets modern slavery; Chinese companies raise more funds from SIX than NYSE; and Beijing seeks to retain foreign trade and investment

SAMR delegates concentration reviews to five local places

Jianwei (Jerry) Fang, Chao (David) Lv and Runyang Liu of Zhong Lun Law Firm highlight the newly revised regulatory measures for medical devices business enterprises and discuss heightened compliance requirements.