Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign skilled personnel in Shanghai allowed for a five-year stay.

Taking security over assets in China can be challenging, not least due to the various approval and registration requirements for foreign investors

Government takes significant step toward reform of the foreign-invested partnership rules.

Shanghai allows debt-for-equity swaps by foreign-invested enterprises.

Number of foreign representatives is limited to four.

Beijing allows establishment of PE and VC firms by foreign investors.

Shanghai allows debt-for-equity swaps by foreign-invested enterprises, which require the unanimous consent of all the shareholders of the investee enterprises.

The registered capital of a foreign-invested equity investment fund management enterprise shall not be less than US$2 million.

Beijing has responded to Shanghai's recent relaxation of rules in Pudong by issuing measures to allow foreign private equity fund managers to set up shop