Legal

Recent regulations governing foreign law firms allow greater market access but also create ambiguity about the permitted scope of cooperative work with Chinese law firms and the possibility of foreign firms' giving direct advice on Chinese law.

(Promulgated by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on December 30 2001, and effective as of, January 1 2002.)Article 1: These Procedures…

China's intellectual property protection continues to improve. At the end of last year, the Beijing High People's Court provided comprehensive guidelines for dealing with patent infringement cases.

(Promulgated by the State Council on December 22 2001 and effective as of January 1 2002.)PART ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1: These Regulations are…

Raises the threshold for PRC lawyers qualification to an undergraduate degree in law.

On November 15 2001, the Shanghai People's Congress approved the Shanghai Municipality, Labour Contract Regulations (the New Regulations) that will become…

Includes transfer of assets, transfer of liabilities, bearing of expenses, operating on appointment, and borrowing of funds.

The auditing standard for registered accountants compiling financial report of a listed company.

The merged identity, total investment amount, registered capital, equity purchase etc. of the newly allowed merger between foreign-invested and domestic enterprises.