Legal

• State Administration of Taxation, Administration of Tax Registration Procedures

  国家税务总局税务登记管理办法

  The new Procedures exempt state authorities, individuals and mobile small rural merchants from tax registration requirements.

  January 31, 2004

• Ministry of Construction and State Intellectual Property Office, Protection and Administration of Intellectual Property Rights in Project Surveying, Design and Consultancy Businesses Guidelines

  建设部、国家知识产权局工程勘察设计咨询业知识产权保护与管理导则

  Issued: October 22 2003Applicability: Intellectual property rights is defined to include: copyright and rights related to copyright; patents; proprietary…

  January 31, 2004

• PRC People's Bank of China Law (Revised)

  中华人民共和国人民银行法 (修正)

  Promulgated: December 27 2003Effective: February 1 2004Main contents: Under the revised Law the Monetary Policy Committee of the People¡¦s Bank of China…

  January 31, 2004

• CEPA: A Shortcut to PRC Market Entry?

  By Sharon Chen and Jocelyn WangEighteen months after joining the WTO, the PRC entered into a Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with the Hong…

  January 31, 2004

• New Laws Boost Banking Industry Supervision and Management

  China has revised two of the country's key commercial banking laws, and has issued a concrete formulation of the role and responsibilities of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and this has been welcomed by industry watchers.

  January 31, 2004

• Ministry of Justice Announcement No.25 (Approval of three representative offices of foreign law firms and three of Hong Kong law firms)

  司法部公告第25号 (准予三家外国律师事务所在华设立代表处，三家香港律师事务所在内地设立代表处)

  The Procedures applies to law firms having already established representative offices in the Mainland. Association with Mainland law firms shall not take the form of a partnership or a legal person, and shall retain independence of both parties in terms of legal status, names and finances. Fulfilling criteria listed in therein, the Procedures provide application procedures for association submitted by the Hong Kong and Macau SAR law firms.

  January 31, 2004

• General Administration of Customs, Administration of Bonded Warehouses and the Goods Stored Therein Provisions

  中华人民共和国海关对保税仓库及所存货物的管理规定

  Promulgated: December 5 2003Effective: February 1 2004Interpreting authority: General Administration of CustomsApplicability: "Bonded warehouses" is defined…

  January 31, 2004

• Ministry of Justice Announcement No.25 (Approval of three representative offices of foreign law firms and three of Hong Kong law firms)

  司法部公告第25号 (准予三家外国律师事务所在华设立代表处，三家香港律师事务所在内地设立代表处)

  The Procedures applies to law firms having already established representative offices in the Mainland. Association with Mainland law firms shall not take the form of a partnership or a legal person, and shall retain independence of both parties in terms of legal status, names and finances. Fulfilling criteria listed in therein, the Procedures provide application procedures for association submitted by the Hong Kong and Macau SAR law firms.

  January 31, 2004

• State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and Ministry of Finance, Administration of the Assignment of Enterprise State-owned Assets and Equity Tentative Procedures

  国务院国有资产监督管理委员会、财政部企业国有产权转让管理暂行办法

  Tightens control over sales of state assets.

  January 31, 2004

• Filling the Gap: Foreign Acquisitions in the Publishing Distribution Sector

  New distribution regulations released in 2003 as well as the landmark M&A rules have changed the landscape for foreign investment in publishing distribution.

  January 31, 2004