This Law provides that a company is a separate legal entity from its shareholders. Two types of companies are allowed: limited liability company (LLC), and companies limited by shares.
National LegislationADVERTISING AND MARKETINGDecision on Adjusting Corresponding Articles of Relevant Advertising Regulatory Rules in Accordance with the…
Issued: October 20 2005Main contents: Where an application by a foreign investor intending to make use of the profits from a foreign-invested enterprise…
Issued: October 13 2005Effective: October 18 2005Main contents: The quantity benchmarks of copies specified in Item(2) of the first paragraph and Item(2)…
Compared with previous rules regarding debt provisioning, the Measures introduces greater flexibility in making the minimum 1% of year-end balance of risk assets a guideline rather than a mandatory requirement. It changes the nature of general provisions allocated from one of pre-tax deduction to a post-tax distribution of profit. The Measures allows financial institutions to set aside two types of loan loss provisions: specific provisions and special provisions. Further requirements for other categories of the asset impairment provisions, for instance bad debt provisions and provisions for impaired long-term investments, are also in place.
Issued: July 12 2005Effective: August 1 2005Main contents: Foreign-invested banks in China (including wholly-owned banks, equity joint venture banks and…