Legislation

Maternity leave of female workers is now extended from 90 days to 98 days (14 weeks).

Green light given again to the approval of foreign investment in futures companies.

All enterprises shall establish a democratic management system, with the employee representative congress as its basic form.

Mainland Chinese enterprises allowed to issue renminbi bonds in Hong Kong.

The senior partner of a Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture accounting firm must have Chinese citizenship.

All enterprises required to establish employee representative congresses.

National legislationConstitution and legal systemSeveral Provisions for the Implementation by People's Courts of Probity Rules to Prevent Conflicts of…

Clarification on the pre-tax deduction of business entertainment expenditures for the enterprise preparatory period.

Companies may institute anti-monopoly actions directly with the people's court without recognition by administrative departments.