Legal

Issued: May 24 2006Main contents: Starting from June 1 2006, residential premises (including low-priced residential premises) with a unit floor area of…

Issued: July 13 2006Main contents: The Circular states that certain foreign investors were recently found to have circumvented, together with domestic…

Apple Computer's investigation into claims of poor working conditions at a Chinese iPod factory found no forced labour or other serious violations. However,…

Issued: July 18 2006Effective: as of August 1 2006 for Article 2Main contents: When calculating the taxable income for individual income tax on income…

Issued: August 14 2006Effective: as of date of issueMain contents: Fund management companies shall provide for risk reserves from their fund management…

Listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) present strategic foreign investors with attractive investment opportunities, as they seem to have a pricing advantage and better corporate governance compared with domestic private companies. However, what challenges are involved in acquiring a minority stake in a listed SOE?

After about three weeks of not taking initial public offering (IPO) proposals, the official Xinhua news agency reports that the China Securities Regulatory…

Issued: July 6 2006Effective: as of date of issueMain contents: Money brokers shall, prior to entering the interbank market to engage in brokerage business,…

Foreign human resources firms such as Manpower are now allowed to control joint venture firms (JVs) with stakes of up to 70% if they agree to register…