Legal

• COSCO wins Greek port contract

  COSCO Pacific, a container terminal operator, has finalised a €4.3 billion (US$6.6 billion) concession agreement with Piraeus Port Authority.Once the…

  December 18, 2008

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Working Guidelines for the Review in Connection with Administrative Licensing of Securities Companies No.10: Review Requirements for Securities Companies' Share Capital Increase and Change of Shareholders and De Facto Controllers with 5% or More of Equity

  中国证券监督管理委员会证券公司行政许可审核工作指引第10号–证券公司增资扩股和变更持有5％以上股权的股东、实际控制人的审核要求

  Qualifications required for purchase of 5% or more of equity in a securities company.

  December 18, 2008

• China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Circular on Strengthening the Administration of Investment-type Insurance Business of Property Insurance Companies

  中国保险监督管理委员会关于加强财产保险公司投资型保险业务管理的通知

  Stricter criteria for sale of investment-type insurance by property insurance companies

  December 18, 2008

• Computer security rules stir debate

  Lack of details worries tech industry

  December 18, 2008

• General Office of State Council, Several Current Opinions on Promoting Economic Development with Financial Policies

  国务院办公厅关于当前金融促进经济发展的若干意见

  State Council issues 30 measures to boost the economy.

  December 18, 2008

• The right to equity income in an equity income trust

  Charles Qin and Tomy XiaLlinks Law [email protected], [email protected] pooled funds trust plans and single capital trusts it is…

  December 18, 2008

• State Council, PRC Tentative Regulations on Business Tax (Revised)

  国务院中华人民共和国营业税暂行条例 (修订)

  Calculation of business turnover for business tax purposes revised.

  December 18, 2008

• The positive attitude of Chinese Courts towards AML enforcement

  Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the beginning of November 2008, Xi Xiaoming, the vice-chief justice of the Chinese Supreme Court,…

  December 18, 2008

• New CSRC Guiding Opinion on QFII inspectors

  Hubert TseYuan Tai PRC [email protected] recent months, global equity markets have been hitting new lows. However, according to the China…

  December 18, 2008

• Regional headquarters and inter-company loans

  Lin [email protected] municipality recently announced its Provisions on Encouraging the Establishment of Regional Headquarters…

  December 18, 2008