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The Ministry of Commerce has issued tentative provisions on equity investments for foreign-invested enterprises, while the China Insurance Regulatory Commission has opened up investment in financial products with insurance proceeds

Shenzhen has promulgated the first set of regional regulations on sexual equality in China.

A vertical price fixing dispute involving Johnson & Johnson has reached the Shanghai Higher People's Court, but one case will not be enough to clarify what constitutes sufficient burden of proof

A vertical price fixing dispute involving Johnson & Johnson has reached the Shanghai Higher People's Court, but one case will not be enough to clarify what constitutes sufficient burden of proof

The Ministry of Commerce has delegated certain foreign investment projects to provincial-level governments, while the CSRC has issued Measures regulating unlisted public companies.

Despite China's Employment Contract Law offering uniform rules over non-compete clauses, employers are still unsure of the best way to structure these agreements and how to deal with rules that vary from province to province

A new Beijing Policy is designed to attract foreign investors to the healthcare sector, which is expected to develop rapidly, but until regulations at the national-level catch up investors can only guess at the true impact

A new Beijing Policy is designed to attract foreign investors to the healthcare sector, which is expected to develop rapidly, but until regulations at the national-level catch up investors can only guess at the true impact