Legislation

More stringent risk management required of reinsurance cedents.

First set of measures to regulate old-age pension insurance.

Hong Kong and Macao allowed to establish wholly-owned joint skilled personnel intermediary agencies in the mainland.

China establishes land reserve management.

Hong Kong and Macao investors allowed to establish computer reservation system joint ventures in the mainland.

Construction projects are screened before they can be started.

Old-age pension insurance companies allowed to conduct enterprise annuity business throughout China.

The amendment has boosted right and protection of criminal lawyers, and allows lawyers who have been practising for five years to establish individual law firms.

The Circular provides guidelines to reinsurance contracts and retrocession contracts whose term commences on or after January 1 2008 as to risk management mechanism, financial strength ratings, paid-in monetary capital, solvency and trading history requirements for the selection of a reinsurance cedent.