Legal

Mediation of securities disputes introduced.

Minimum shareholding of private investors in rural banks may be lowered to 15%.

Share issuers and lead underwriters allowed to determine share pricing through negotiation between themselves.

FIEs encouraged to invest overseas Rmb funds in Pudong.

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?