Legal

Issued: June 22 2004Main contents: The Circular lists the follow-up regulation and continuing work after the third batch of items in respect of which the…

Issued: June 15 2004Effective: July 1 2004Applicability: Where a fund of which shares of the fund are publicly sold, and record filing procedures are lawfully…

Requires specific contents of the fund listing, as well as the disclosure of the fund's investment portfolios, to be published on designated media and submitted to CSRC.

The Administration of Insurance Companies Provisions became effective on June 15 2004. They are applicable to domestic insurance companies, and are generally applicable to foreign-invested insurance companies.

A foreign importer or exporter must register with the Ministry of Commerce before customs declaration and release of goods will be handled.

Relevant standards in the manufacturing, packaging, storage, transport, workshop and equipment arrangements as well as quality control of ice confections.

Overseas waste importers must register with the authorities.

The CIRC has taken steps to create clear rules for insurance companies in their investment management.

A recent report from the State Administration of Commerce has highlighted the government's ongoing concern with monopoly practices by big foreign companies in China, and gives some information about the content of the pending PRC Anti-monopoly Law.