Legal

China released a White Paper defending its position in the U.S.-China trade friction, which aimed to clarify facts on the bilateral economic and trade relations; Draft Atomic Energy Law aims to strengthen and promote Chinese nuclear firms in the international market.

Contracting parties will need to recover used items, company law revision offers a broader scope for corporate share buybacks and investment of private capital in the nuclear fuel cycle industry is encouraged

A 3-year limitation period is applied to civil law cases

Issued: July 20 2018  Main contents: The category of an asset management plan shall be determined based on the following provisions: (1)  …

Insurance companies are required to include independent directors.

Aaron Cutler, partner at Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C. speaks to China Law & Practice on the new rules of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and its potential impact on Chinese investments in the U.S. Lawyers and in-house counsel should potentially understand the stricter controls imposed as the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) will significantly increase the number of transactions subject toCFIUS' review

The 12th annual China Law & Practice Awards 2018 held at The St Regis, Beijing on September 13 celebrated the achievements of the best legal minds in China, where the biggest deals were recognized, and the best law firms were named.

The Supreme People's Court just issued new judicial interpretation guidelines incorporating core socialist values; New laws regulating medical disputes prevention and treatment; and China seeks to improve the authenticity of its statistical data to support better policy-making.

China internet courts recognize blockchain technology as a means of electronic evidence storage, Shanghai-London Stock Connect comes closer to launch and Beijing Municipality encourages co-owned housing.