Legal

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Client Asset Management Businesses of Securities Companies Trial Procedures

  中国证券监督管理委员会证券公司客户资产管理业务试行办法

  Procedures on the establishment of asset management business for securities companies.

  January 31, 2004

• State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Culture, Foreign Investment in Cinemas Tentative Provisions

  国家广播电影电视总局、商务部、文化部外商投资电影院暂行规定

  Provides for foreign investment in cinemas.

  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

• Ministry of Commerce, «Establishment of Sino-foreign Foreign Trading Joint Ventures Tentative Procedures» Supplementary Provisions

  商务部《关于设立中外合资对外贸易公司暂行办法》补充规定

  Qualifications for Hong Kong and Macao service providers in setting up joint ventures or wholly-foreign-owned companies in the PRC.

  January 31, 2004

• Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Administration of the Establishment of Foreign-invested Export Procurement Centres Procedures

  商务部、海关总署、国家税务总局关于设立外商投资出口采购中心管理办法

  Stipulates the corporate requirements of establishing export procurement centres by foreign investors.

  January 31, 2004

• State Council, PRC Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Regulations

  中华人民共和国知识产权海关保护条例

  Extends the valid period for IP customs record to 10 years, and clarifies grounds for rejecting an application to filing of IP customs record.

  January 31, 2004

• 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