Heng An Standard Life Insurance becomes the first foreign-invested pensions insurer to win CBIRC approval; Shanghai announces plans for more corporate tax cuts this year; and China mulls closure of virtual currency mining outfits.
April 15, 2019
Legal
Guiding catalogue of industrial structure encourages big data and AI technology, banks' liability for asset management is protected and draft regulations are issued on carbon trading.
April 11, 2019With streamlined and registration-based rules issued last month, the new Sci-Tech Board is rapidly attracting IPO applications.
April 11, 2019State Council, PRC Regulations for the Administration of Technology Import and Export (2nd Revision)
The revised Regulations remove provisions on restrictive clauses of technology import contracts
April 10, 2019VAT rates are lowered for import and export
April 10, 2019In the News: Production Safety Review; Registered Blockchain Firms; and Fentanyl Derivatives Control
Following the tragic Yancheng explosion, China is reviewing its related safety regulations; the government released the names of 197 information providers now registered in the use of blockchain-based technology; and laws controlling production of the drug Fentanyl have now been extended to all its derivatives.
April 08, 2019Interim measures are offered in mainland China for Hong Kong arbitration cases, repayment sequence is clarified for bankruptcy cases and full disclosure of VIE structure is required for listing on the Science and Technology Board.
April 04, 2019China's policy makers have boosted efforts to tackle unfair competition in recent months, but foreign companies remain skeptical of whether policy and legislation will actually translate into practice.
April 04, 2019Mandatory infringement liability of the licensor is removed in technology transfer
April 04, 2019Casper Sek and Ben Qi of Jin Mao Partners examine the newly introduced provisions on blockchain information services and discuss their regulatory scope and how they will regulate such services.
April 03, 2019
