Legal

The State Council has enhanced disclosure for government procurement projects, SAFE has relaxed FX control for FDI and the CIRC has required insurance asset management businesses to assign risk

This week the ACFTU vice-chairman warned of foreign forces in China's labour movement, the NPC considered a draft amendment to the PRC Legislation Law and the SPC published a judicial interpretation on act preservation measures in IP and competition issues

Foreign investment in the US TMT sector requires careful navigation due to national security reviews, ownership limitations and export restrictions. Here is what Chinese investors need to know before planning their acquisitions

Foreign investment in the US TMT sector requires careful navigation due to national security reviews, ownership limitations and export restrictions. Here is what Chinese investors need to know before planning their acquisitions

How MOFCOM deals with existing VIEs and interprets control, and the sectors that will be put on the negative list, will determine the consequences and prospects for both present and future foreign investors

including excerpts of the Explanation of the PRC Foreign Investment Law (Draft for Comments) on VIEs

MOFCOM has clarified case name requirements for anti-monopoly filings and SAT has imposed tax on indirect transfers of Chinese property by non-tax-resident enterprises

This week the fight against internet copyright piracy was discussed, Guangdong saw the first successful case against administrative monopoly and an AIM-listed Chinese shoemaker's bosses went off the radar

This week the Qualcomm case spurred ZTE and Huawei to collect patent royalties from smaller players, China's leading taxi-hailing apps planned to merge and the diminishing role of investment banks in large outbound acquisitions was analysed