Legal

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Formats for Information Disclosures by Companies that Offer Securities to the Public Guidelines (No. 18): Target Company Board of Directors Report

  公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第18号被收购公司董事会报告书

  Issued: November 28 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionApplicability: The Guidelines do not apply…

  January 31, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Formats for Information Disclosures by Companies that Offer Securities to the Public Guidelines (No. 19): Application Documents for Exemption from Takeover by Offer

  公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第19号豁免要约收购申请文件

  Issued: November 28 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionApplicability: The Guidelines do not apply…

  January 31, 2003

• State Administration of Foreign Exchange and China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Foreign Exchange Control in Insurance Business Tentative Provisions

  国家外汇管理局、中国保险监督管理委员会保险业务外汇管理暂行规定

  Promulgated: September 24 2002Effective: November 1 2002Interpreting authority: State Administration of Foreign ExchangeApplicability: These Provisions…

  January 31, 2003

• How to Set-up a QFII Custodian Business

  In order to facilitate the implementation of the December 1 2002 Administration of Securities Investments in China by Qualified Institutional Investors…

  January 31, 2003

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Joint Annual Inspection of Overseas Investments Tentative Measures

  对外贸易经济合作部、国家外汇管理局境外投资联合年检暂行办法

  Promulgated: October 31 2002Effective: January 1 2003Interpreting authority: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)Applicability:…

  January 31, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, The First Batch of Items in Respect of which the Administrative Examination and Approval Requirements are to be Abolished Decision (32 Items) Notice

  中国证券监督管理委员会关于第一批取消行政审批项目 (32项) 的通告

  Issued: December 21 2002Main contents: Appended to the Notice is a list of administrative examinations and approvals that are no longer required, for instance:-…

  January 31, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Formats for Information Disclosures by Companies that Offer Securities to the Public Guidelines (No. 16): Listed Company Takeover Report

  公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第16号上市公司收购报告书

  Issued: November 28 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionApplicability: The Guidelines do not apply…

  January 31, 2003

• Supreme People's Court, Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Relating to Enterprise Restructuring Provisions

  最高人民法院关于审理与企业改制相关的民事纠纷案件若干问题的规定

  Promulgated: January 1 2003Effective: February 1 2003Main contents: The Provisions list the types of civil dispute cases relating to enterprise restructuring…

  January 31, 2003

• State Council, PRC Patent Law Implementing Rules (Revised)

  国务院中华人民共和国专利法实施细则(修订)

  Promulgated: December 28 2002Effective: February 1 2003Main contents: Article 101 has been revised leaving only one time limit, 30 months after the priority…

  January 31, 2003

• People's Bank of China, Questions Relevant to Commercial Bank Application for Engaging in Custodian Services for Securities Investments in China of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors Circular

  中国人民银行关于商业银行申请从事合格境外机构投资者境内证券投资托管业务有关问题的通知

  Issued: December 17 2002Applicability: The Circular shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to mainland branches of banks from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well…

  January 31, 2003