Legal

A charge of 20% of the land grant or allocation fee to be imposed on land left idle for a year.

Private enterprises encouraged to list overseas.

For the first time China's Copyright Law acknowledges reverse engineering, which shows the government's changing attitude and courts' readiness to rule on a difficult area of the Law

An issuer needs to convene a board meeting if the price-earnings ratio of its proposed share price is higher than the industrial average by 25%.

I am looking to set up a factory to manufacture equipment in China. I have heard that the coastal regions have become too expensive and that I should consider inland regions. Is this true? How does the legal framework differ from province to province?

Maternity leave of female workers is now extended from 90 days to 98 days (14 weeks).

Green light given again to the approval of foreign investment in futures companies.

Sexual harassment becomes a legal issue for the first time under new Provisions to protect female employees

While China's economic reforms have taken the world by storm, many industries remain heavily restricted. Foreign investors do not have much time left to move into these markets through the popular variable interest entity (VIE) structure