Legal

• Judicial Interpretation and the Socialist Core Values

  The Supreme People's Court (SPC) released a five-year plan to incorporate the country's socialist corevalues in handling judicial interpretation. Susan Finder, who has been observing the SPC for thelast 25 years and who was recently appointed as one of the 32 members of the international expertcommittee of the China International Commercial Court (CICC), shares with China Law & Practicethe SPC's approach as to how these socialist values will be incorporated into judicial interpretations.Her remarks are her own and should not be attributed either to the SPC or the CICC

  October 11, 2018

  

• Circular on Expanding the Scope of Application of the Policy of Provisional Deferral of Withholding Income Tax on Direct Investments Made by Foreign Investors Using Distributed Profits

  关于扩大境外投资者以分配利润直接投资暂不征收预提所得税政策适用范围的通知

  The scope of tax deferral is expanded for foreign investors

  October 10, 2018

• Legislation roundup: Listed companies, cybersecurity and Beijing property

  Institutional investors are encouraged to participate in corporate governance, business premises may be inspected for cybersecurity purposes and Beijing Municipality prohibits construction of new residential housing

  October 10, 2018

• PRC Law for the Prevention and Treatment of Soil Contamination

  中华人民共和国土壤污染防治法

  A soil quality investigation is required for a change in land use

  October 10, 2018

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Provisions for the Regulation of the Depository Receipt Business in the Stock Connect Between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange (Trial Implementation) (Draft for Comments)

  中国证券监督管理委员会上海证券交易所和伦敦证券交易所市场互联互通存托凭证业务监管规定 (试行) (征求意见稿)

  Shanghai-London Stock Connect comes closer to launch

  October 10, 2018

• Measures for the Administration of Foreign-invested Futures Companies

  外商投资期货公司管理办法

  Futures companies are now opened to foreign investors

  October 10, 2018

• In the News: Lower Import Tariffs; Blockchain Pilot Zone; and Export Tax Rebate

  China lowers import tariffs on MFN taxable items; Hainan province launches a blockchain research center in collaboration with the University College Oxford; and the State Council raises export tax rebate rate to stimulate trade.

  October 09, 2018

  

• The Race to Patent Technology

  Shamita Etienne-Cummings, partner at White & Case in Washington, D.C., and Bijal Vakil, partner at the firm in Silicon Valley, discuss the trends and significance of technology patents covering blockchain, fintech and autonomous vehicles sphere in the U.S. and China

  October 03, 2018

  

• China Tackles Dispute Resolution Head-On in Light of One-Belt-One-Road

  Innovation lies in the heart of China's efforts in developing its dispute resolution mechanisms as it strives to stay at the top of the game in international disputes, especially with Belt and Road Initiative looming with endless possibilities of potential differences

  October 03, 2018

  

• Shanghai Municipality, Tentative Provisions for Regulating the Purchase of Commercially Developed Residential Premises by Enterprises

  上海市关于规范企业购买商品住房的暂行规定

  Enterprises are restricted from purchasing housing in Shanghai

  October 03, 2018