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After twenty years in the making, numerous drafts and countless deliberations, China is on the verge of releasing its first unified Anti-Monopoly Law. Will it live up to expectations?

Healthier balance sheets and more sophisticated ambitions of growth have projected mainland Chinese companies onto the global M&A stage. Although they are becoming more competitive in international bidding processes, mainland companies remain constrained by a complex domestic regulatory regime governing outbound investments.

By Jerry Yulin ZhangWebsite: www.haiwen-law.comTwo recent cases suggest that those intent on riding the goodwill of well-known trademarks are involved…

This Supplementary Circular supplements the Circular on Verification of Short-term Foreign Debt Quotas of Foreign-invested Banks in China for the Year 2005 (Hui Fa [2005] No. 4).

These Regulations aim to ensure the quality and safety of important industrial products, to implement state industrial policy, and to promote the healthy and coordinated development of the socialist market economy.

Promulgated: July 8 2005Main contents: According to the Policy, mergers and restructurings shall be implemented in order to expand the scale of pillar…

By Beth Bunnell and George WangWebsite: www.jonesday.comTransactions involving state-owned assets (SOAs) in China have long been subject to requirements…

National LegislationCONSTITUTION AND LEGAL SYSTEMPRC Property Rights Law (Draft)中华人民共和国物权法（草案）L1420/05.07.08INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTSInformation…

Issued: June 9 2005Main contents: Non-financial institutional investors may carry out bond transactions with all financial institutions in the national…