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Issued: September 14 2006Main contents: The Circular abolishes the export tax rebates on all non-metallic ores under Part 25 of the Customs Import/Export…

Issued: July 26 2006Effective: August 1 2006Interpreting authorities: Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Work Safety and People's Bank of ChinaApplicability:…

Suzhou, located in China's Jiangsu province (80 kilometres west of Shanghai), tops the rankings in the list of 'China's 20 Most Attractive Cities for Foreign…

By He Fan*[email protected]: www.haiwen-law.comGe Rui Te Electric (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai GRT), established in 1997, manufactures and sells…

Clarifies criteria for the recognition of newly established enterprises, eligibility for the preferential income tax policies, the tax authority's power to determine such eligibility, the applicability for fixed periods of enterprise income tax reduction and exemptions.

By Lily Wei [email protected]: www.freshfields.comThe current basic framework for security law in the PRC is largely made up of the…

Promulgated: March 6 2006Effective: as of date of promulgationInterpreting authorities: Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and Beijing…

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has proposed new rules for initial public offerings (IPOs), to make it easier for companies to sell shares in…

Foreign investment by Chinese companies (excluding banks) jumped 123% to US$12.3 billion in 2005, according to a report released by China's Ministry of…