Legal

Cooperative educational programmes have been a fast-growing sector in China. New rules governing cooperative educational programmes operating in China contains important changes.

The aftermath of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in China has impacted regulation of the workplace environment and initiated a reassessment of the legal framework governing employee rights and employer obligations.

A set of regulations which is applicable to the running of sino-foreign jointly run schools in the PRC.

A set of interpretation which deals with matter that concerns disputes over commodity premises sales and purchase contracts in the PRC.

The Shanghai Communications Administration Bureau's recently released 2002 overview of the city's telecommunications industry makes for interesting reading.…

Driven by strong government support and robust market demand, China's IT industry has reportedly grown by 20% annually over the past decade. Public spending…

Shanghai aims to become a regional business hub. New rules have been issued that supplement initial steps that Shanghai took in the summer of 2002 to make itself a focus of international business.

The body of laws governing the bidding process for construction projects in the PRC has seen an important new addition, with the Invitation and Submission of Bids for Construction Projects Procedures (the New Procedures) issued on March 8 2003 and effective May 1 2003.

Issued: April 15 2003Main contents: The Notice lists 21 types of items in respect of which administrative examination and approval requirements are to…