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The Circular unifies conditions for wholly Chinese-owned enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises opening forex accounts for current account items.

Promulgated: June 4 2002Interpreting authority: Provincial science and technology administrative departmentApplicability: The Administrative Measures apply…

China's US$400 billion construction industry already accounts for nearly 7% of the country's GDP, and anyone who has visited China in recent years will…

The PRC Invitation and Submission of Bids Law  (中华人民共和国招标投标法) (the Bidding Law) has sought to ensure that all contracts for…

Issued: July 18 2002Effective: Implementation of the pilot work will begin in October 2002.Main contents: This opinion commits State enterprises and governmental…

Revised: May 21 2002Effective: May 21 2002Interpreting authority: The General Affairs Committee of the All China Lawyers Association (Article 45).Applicability:…

Recent legislation from different government bodies have brought IP protection for software to a new level, but questions remain.

Building on prior rules protecting trademarks, the government has issued new guidelines on how trademark dispute cases should be heard.

For the first time, clear rules have been spelled out as to how a takeover of listed Chinese companies can be done.