Legal

• Why Compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Matters in China

  How is it that US law can apply to certain Chinese companies and the conduct of Chinese business executives? The answer is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a broad-reaching US law enacted to prohibit bribery as a means of obtaining and retaining business. A common misperception in the business community is that the FCPA applies only to US companies and US citizens. However, under certain circumstances, the FCPA can also apply to the conduct of Chinese companies and Chinese business executives, making FCPA compliance crucial.

  January 31, 2008

• Uni-President China Holdings Ltd

  Uni-President China Holdings Ltd raised US$478 million from the global offering, which consisted of an initial public offering and listing of equity shares…

  January 31, 2008

• Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited

  Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited announced the pricing of its offering of US$150 million zero coupon convertible senior notes and the pricing…

  January 31, 2008

• Why Compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Matters in China

  How is it that US law can apply to certain Chinese companies and the conduct of Chinese business executives? The answer is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a broad-reaching US law enacted to prohibit bribery as a means of obtaining and retaining business. A common misperception in the business community is that the FCPA applies only to US companies and US citizens. However, under certain circumstances, the FCPA can also apply to the conduct of Chinese companies and Chinese business executives, making FCPA compliance crucial.

  January 31, 2008

• China National Materials Company Limited

  China National Materials Company Limited raised US$540 million from the global initial public offering, which comprised a listing on the Main Board of…

  January 31, 2008

• Implementing Regulations for the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law

  中华人民共和国企业所得税法实施条例

  The Implementing Regulations clarify enterprise income tax matters in respect of revenue, deductions, tax treatment of assets, tax payable, preferential tax treatment, withholding at source, special tax adjustments, and administration of levy and collection.

  January 31, 2008

• Chinese Law on Lawyers Amended: Progress Made and to Be Made

  Chinese lawmakers accomplished much in 2007. Chief among their achievements include the promulgation of the Property Law, Anti-monopoly Law, Labour Contract Law, and amendments to the Law on Lawyers. In particular, they adopted significant changes to the Law on Lawyers, ushering in a brand new era in the legal profession in China.

  January 31, 2008

• Methods for Registration of Mortgage of Chattels

  Business people and lawyers have often complained of the vagueness and impracticalities of China's legal rules regulating the filing of charges over chattels. With the advent of the New Methods for Registration of Charges of Personal Properties, much light is shed and many problems removed; yet ambiguities still abide around several key issues.

  January 31, 2008

• Implementing Regulations for the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law

  Since the passage of the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law last March, local companies and foreign-invested enterprises alike have eagerly awaited the implementing regulations that would reveal the details of how the law would be put into practice. In order to enhance the operability of the law, these regulations give specific definitions, criteria for tax-liability reductions and concessions, and other critical details.

  January 31, 2008

• The Draft Energy Law: a Possible Legal Protocol to Help China Go Green

  As the second largest emitter of greenhouse gas in the world after the United States, the PRC is under great pressure and scrutiny from other countries, and has dedicated a great deal of resources and legislation effort in order to lower its emissions. Can the draft Energy Law successfully turn China into an energy-efficient country?

  January 31, 2008