China and the U.S. on a 90-day trade war truce; fentanyl now a controlled substance; new securities and futures disputes guidelines; and growth in Chinese overseas portfolio investments.
Xun Yang, partner, and Jianqi Yang, associate, at Llinks Law Offices in Shanghai, discuss the key developments of the newly minted E-commerce Law, which showcases China's determination to protect intellectual property rights, consumer interest and personal data, and what this means for e-commerce platform operators and online merchants
Global leaders spent two days at the "Hamburg Summit: China Meets Europe" discussing collaboration, opportunities and challenges between China and the EU, especially in light of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Susheela Rivers, Hong Kong managing partner of DLA Piper, shares with China Law & Practice how the firm's new in-house counsel program WIN is engaging the legal community in Asia to address challenges and changes in the profession
China defines systemically important financial institutions, and foreign investors are offered tax exemption for bond investments and encouraged to engage in debt-for-equity swaps
Global officials and entrepreneurs meet in Hamburg for Belt and Road Initiative; Shanghai FTZ reports 5.8% import-export increase; and legislators prepare to regulate artificial intelligence.
Local government bonds are offered to individual investors; information disclosure of restructurings of listed companies is simplified; and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents will enroll in the same social insurance schemes as local mainland residents
