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Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerAn imminent change in PRC tax regulations could raise costs for foreign investment projects involving imports of equipment…

Adjustments to some preferential import taxation policies.

The new copryright law implementing regulations are intended to bring China's copyright regime closer to full compliance with the TRIPs Agreement of the World Trade Organization

MOFTEC has issued a new circular that offers some clarification on prior legislation and give more details about how non-listed foreign investment shares can be converted into B shares.

A number of different strategies are now possible for foreign investors in acquiring stakes in a domestic entity in China. It is easiest to examine some of the more common choices if we present a hypothetical case study.

Amendments to the PRC Trademark Law, prompted by China's entry into the World Trade Organization, entered into effect on December 1 2001. 1 On August 3 2002, the State Council promulgated the PRC Trademark Law Implementing Regulations (Implementing Regulations), which supplement various provisions in the amended Trademark Law.

The scope of work for foreign law firms in China is a hot topic and work in China's legal market constitutes one of the key services included in the country's WTO membership agreements. What can we make of new implementing regulations that govern foreign law firms' China activity?

With the promulgation by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of the Several Issues on Trial of Enterprise Bankruptcy Cases Provisions (the Provisions), the PRC is demonstrating that attempts are being made to reform bankruptcy law.

This set of regulations supplements various provisions in the amended PRC Trademark Law effective on December 1 2001.