Mergers and Acquisitions

• FDI changes draw praise, spark confusion

  Proposed amendments to China's Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue have eased restrictions on industries including e-commerce, manufacturing and aviation, but have drawn questions on how they will be implemented

  November 14, 2014

• Investing in Taiwan: Bridging the cross-strait gap

  Daniel Lee of Jingtian & Gongcheng provides a comprehensive overview of all you need to know aboutTaiwan's regulatory regime, from M&A, antitrust and dispute resolution to compliance, IP and the labourenvironment

  November 13, 2014

• Removing roadblocks to M&A

  Yuhua Yang of Alliance J&S Law Firm outlines the latest developments that smoothen inbound and outboundM&A transactions and gives advice on doing business with Chinese companies

  November 11, 2014

• Beijing Municipality, Several Opinions on Continuing to Intensify Reform of the Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health System

  北京市关于继续深化医药卫生体制改革的若干意见

  Beijing Municipality encourages the private sector to establish non-profit hospitals.

  October 30, 2014

• PRC Securities Law (Revised in 2014)

  中华人民共和国证券法 (2014年修正)

  A takeover offer of a listed company is no longer required to be submitted to the CSRC but be announced publicly only.

  October 15, 2014

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Measures for the Administration of Material Asset Restructurings of Unlisted Public Companies

  中国证券监督管理委员会非上市公众公司重大资产重组管理办法

  Policies relaxed to make M&A easier.

  September 12, 2014

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Measures for the Administration of the Acquisition of Unlisted Public Companies

  中国证券监督管理委员会非上市公众公司收购管理办法

  Policies relaxed to make M&A easier.

  September 12, 2014

• Circular on Issues Relevant to Exchange Control in Connection with Offshore Investment/Financing and Round-trip Investment by Residents in China Through Special Purpose Vehicles

  关于境内居民通过特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知

  The Circular broadens the meaning of "special purpose vehicle" from having financing as its objective to investment and financing as its objectives.

  September 12, 2014

• Shanghai Municipality, Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Negative List) (Revised in 2014)

  上海市中国（上海）自由贸易试验区外商投资准入特别管理措施（负面清单）（2014年修订）

  More foreign-invested projects have been removed from the Shanghai FTZ negative list.

  September 12, 2014

• Navigating the dangers of mergers – Guangdong Focus

  The merger process in China can be long and painful. This is primarily due to the lack of detailed implementing rules and un-reconciled discrepancies among governmental authorities

  September 10, 2014