Land reform allows farmers to lease their land.
November 10, 2008
Legal
The revised Provisions delegate some of the approval power concerning the establishment of foreign-invested advertising enterprises to provincial-level government departments.
November 10, 2008Mai [email protected] various reasons many multinational companies (MNCs) own their global intellectual property (IP) outside of China. To…
November 10, 2008The China Banking Regulatory Commission recently issued guidelines which provide additional legal basis and specific operational guidelines for trust companies in China. By Allen Zhou, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker partner.
November 10, 2008Shareholders that hold shares of listed companies may, through sponsorship of a sponsor, apply to the China Securities Regulatory Commission to offer exchangeable bonds.
November 10, 2008The revised Provisions set forth requirements concerning solvency assessments, solvency reports, solvency management and solvency monitoring.
November 10, 2008Sun HuiRun Ming Law [email protected] guarantee is a new and rapidly developing industry in China. In the world's financial crisis, PRC…
November 10, 2008The Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises (the Provisions) were promulgated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and took effect on October 1. The Provisions replaced the Regulation of Administration of Foreign Invested Advertising Entities and reflects a liberalisation trend that encourages foreign investment in this specialised business sector. By Richard Wageman, DLA Piper, Beijing.
November 10, 2008Land prices in China's tier one cities have risen at a terrific rate over recent years as available construction space has been squeezed. In response to this, local Chinese authorities have sought to extract their share of profits – at the time of granting the land use rights to the preferred developer – usually through some form of bidding process. By Thomas Fairley, Norton Rose
November 10, 2008Private banking in China only received its baptism in September 2005 with the promulgation of the Interim Administrative Rules on Private Wealth Management Business of Commercial Bank. Some commentators have argued that the monetary threshold for the private wealth management regime is so low that its regulatory ambit covers territory more properly classified as retail banking than true private banking. By Jane Jiang, counsel, Corporate Practice, Allen & Overy Beijing and Fai-hung Cheung, counsel, Banking Practice, Allen & Overy Shanghai
November 10, 2008