Fangda PartnersThe Chinese government has issued the new Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (the Catalogue, see pages 23 and 37), perhaps…
China's foreign investment catalogue has been revised for the first time in more than four years. The new catalogue has made radical changes to the different categories into which all foreign investment is classified.
The State Council promulgated the Guiding the Direction of Foreign Investment Provisions (the 2002 Provisions), which are effective as of April 1 2002. A closer look at these important regulations, the momentum for market liberalization in China and further legal changes governing a range of industries can be expected.
Corporate research in China is a thriving business, a wealth of corporate information is collected and stored by government institutions, and bureaucratic channels are the most effective sources for corporate research in China.