Amendments to China's insurance law have been under discussion for a decade. But some changes may have been rushed through to meet the demands of a struggling economy.
China's revised insurance law clarifies many important details for insurance companies and gives more power to the regulator to deal with errant foreign institutions. By Chen Xin and Maarten Roos, Wang Jing & Co Shanghai Office.
Huaxia Bank has formed a Rmb250 million fund management company joint venture with London-based F&C Asset Management. The Beijing-based, Shanghai-listed…
China's developing IP system faces some big tests in 2009. Janice Qu and Peter Ollier spoke with SIPO commissioner Tian Lipu about patent amendments, the National IP Strategy and the Office's global role
New measures covering the administration of outbound investment promise faster and simpler review of many small to medium-size PRC direct investments abroad, and more careful review of others. By Neal Stender, Lin Lawrence Zhou and Yan Zeng, of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Two new sets of guidelines will further streamline the process for approval of foreign investments, but some additional restrictions have been added. By Jonathan Z Zhou, Jessica Xu and Kevin Troy, Fangda Partners.