Legislation

• State Drug Administration, Production and Supervision of Pharmaceuticals Administrative Measures (Trial Implementation)

  国家药品监督管理局药品生产监督管理办法 (试行)

  Promulgated: December 11 2002Effective: February 1 2003Main contents: Part Two of the Measures specifies the application, examination and approval Measures…

  January 31, 2003

• Other Recent Legislation for this Month

  National LegislationAviation and AerospaceGeneral Aviation Control Regulations 通用航空飞行管制条例L4700/03.01.10BankingPeople's Bank of China,…

  January 31, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Formats for Information Disclosures by Companies that Offer Securities to the Public Guidelines (No. 17): Takeover by Offer Report

  公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第17号要约收购报告书

  Issued: November 28 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionApplicability: The Guidelines do not apply…

  January 31, 2003

• Supreme People's Court, Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Relating to Enterprise Restructuring Provisions

  最高人民法院关于审理与企业改制相关的民事纠纷案件若干问题的规定

  Promulgated: January 1 2003Effective: February 1 2003Main contents: The Provisions list the types of civil dispute cases relating to enterprise restructuring…

  January 31, 2003

• State Council, PRC Patent Law Implementing Rules (Revised)

  国务院中华人民共和国专利法实施细则(修订)

  Promulgated: December 28 2002Effective: February 1 2003Main contents: Article 101 has been revised leaving only one time limit, 30 months after the priority…

  January 31, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission and Ministry of Justice, Abolishing the Examination and Approval Requirements for the Qualifications of Lawyers and Law Firms to Engage in Securities Legal Business Notice

  中国证监会、司法部关于取消律师及律师事务所从事证券法律业务资格审批的通告

  Issued: December 23 2002Main contents: The Notice states that as of November 1 2002 the examination and approval requirement for the qualifications to…

  January 31, 2003

• People's Bank of China, Questions Relevant to Commercial Bank Application for Engaging in Custodian Services for Securities Investments in China of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors Circular

  中国人民银行关于商业银行申请从事合格境外机构投资者境内证券投资托管业务有关问题的通知

  Issued: December 17 2002Applicability: The Circular shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to mainland branches of banks from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well…

  January 31, 2003

• Beijing Municipality, Strengthening the Administration of the Levy and Collection of Individual Income Tax from Key Taxpayers Tentative Measures

  北京市关于加强重点纳税人个人所得税征收管理的暂行办法

  Issued: September 27 2002Effective: November 1 2002Interpreting authority: Beijing Local Taxation BureauApplicability: As defined in the Measures, key…

  January 31, 2003

• Supreme People's Court, The Question of Seeking Recourse Against Other Guarantors by the Guarantor(s) that Has/Have Assumed Guarantee Liability Official Reply

  最高人民法院关于已承担保证责任的保证人向其他保证人行使追偿权问题的批复

  Issued: November 23 2002Main contents: The Official Reply states that the guarantor(s) that has/have assumed the joint and several guarantee liability…

  January 31, 2003

• Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Relating to Enterprise Restructuring Provisions

  关于审理与企业改制相关的民事纠纷案件若干问题的规定

  A set of provisions which governs the civil dispute cases that arise out of Enterprise Restructuring.

  January 31, 2003