Law Digest

• State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Circular on Issues Relevant to Improving Administration of the Overall Foreign Exchange Conversion and Sale Position of Banks

  国家外汇管理局关于完善银行结售汇综合头寸管理有关问题的通知

  Lower limit of overall forex conversion and sale position of banks revised to below zero.

  May 04, 2012

• State Intellectual Property Office, Measures on Compulsory Patent Licensing

  国家知识产权局专利实施强制许可办法

  A compulsory licence may be granted in the case of a monopolistic act.

  May 04, 2012

• Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development, Measures for the Administration of the Plot Ratio of Construction Land

  住房和城乡建设部建设用地容积率管理办法

  Plot ratio requirements must be included in contracts for grant of land use rights.

  May 04, 2012

• General Office of the Ministry of Education, Circular on Strengthening Administration of the Compliant Establishment of Foreign-related Schools

  教育部办公厅关于加强涉外办学规范管理的通知

  Policies to clamp down on illegal granting of foreign academic certificates.

  May 04, 2012

• Guangzhou City, Provisions for the Administration of Government Contracts

  广州市政府合同管理规定

  Guangzhou issues China's first set of provisions on government contracts.

  May 04, 2012

• State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Tentative Measures for Regulation of Overseas Investments of Enterprises Directly under the Central Government

  国务院国有资产监督管理委员会中央企业境外投资监督管理暂行办法

  SOEs not to invest overseas in businesses other than their principal business.

  May 04, 2012

• Other Recent Legislation This Month

  National legislationConstitution and legal systemPRC Criminal Procedure Law (2nd Revision)中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法 (第二次修正)L1430/12.03.14 Media…

  March 30, 2012

• Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Government Procurement Regulations (Revised)

  深圳经济特区政府采购条例 (修订)

  Shenzhen separates bid evaluation and bid-winning decisions for government procurement.

  March 29, 2012

• State Intellectual Property Office, Measures for Marking Patent Marks

  国家知识产权局专利标识标注办法

  Patent marks must indicate type of patent and patent number.

  March 29, 2012

• PRC Law on the Promotion of Clean Production (Revised)

  中华人民共和国清洁生产促进法（修正）

  China elaborates on the prohibition of excessive packaging.

  March 29, 2012