Projects Energy and Environment

• PRC Environmental Protection Tax Law

  中华人民共和国环境保护税法

  Environmental protection tax replaces pollutant discharge fee.

  February 22, 2017

• National Development and Reform Commission, Guiding Catalogue of Key Products and Services in Strategic Emerging Industries (2016)

  国家发展和改革委员会战略性新兴产业重点产品和服务指导目录 (2016版)

  AI and alternative energy vehicles enter the strategic emerging industry catalogue.

  February 21, 2017

• Polluters targeted with new environmental protection tax

  Companies in China must enhance environmental compliance as they prepare for a law that replaces discharge fees with taxes on air, water, solid waste and noise pollution starting next year

  February 13, 2017

  

• National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Amendment Draft for the «Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue»

  国家发展和改革委员会、商务部《外商投资产业指导目录》修订稿

  Issued: December 7 2016   Main contents: The Draft reduces the 93 restrictive measures of the 2015 version of the Catalogue (including 19 in…

  December 15, 2016

• General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, Negative List for Internet Market Access (First Batch, Trial Version) (Draft for Comments)

  国家发展改革委办公厅互联网市场准入负面清单 (第一批， 试行版) (征求意见稿)

  Issued: October 21 2016 Main contents: The Negative List preliminarily sets forth a batch of market access items in the internet sector in…

  November 14, 2016

• State Administration of Taxation, Announcement on Several Levy Administration Issues Relating to the Pilot Project for Levy of Value-added Tax in Place of Business Tax

  国家税务总局关于营改增试点若干征管问题的公告

  The SAT has clarified VAT will not be levied on purely offshore activities

  November 14, 2016

• Ministry of Finance, Tentative Measures for the Administration of the Public Finances of Public-private Partnership Projects

  财政部政府和社会资本合作项目财政管理暂行办法

  MOF has pushed for enhancing the government's contractual performance in PPP projects.

  November 14, 2016

• National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration, Measures for the Administration of the Orderly Deregulation of the Power Distribution Grid Business

  国家发展改革委、国家能源局有序放开配电网业务管理办法

  Power distribution grid business opened to private sector.

  November 14, 2016

• General Office of the State Council, Circular on Cleaning Up and Regulating Bonds in the Project Construction Sector

  国务院办公厅关于清理规范工程建设领域保证金的通知

  State Council frees up funds frozen by construction bonds.

  October 10, 2016

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Provisions for the Administration of the Access Permission of Alternative Energy Vehicle Manufacturers and Their Products (Draft for Comments on Amendments)

  工业和信息化部新能源汽车生产企业及产品准入管理规定 (修订征求意见稿)

  Issued: August 12 2016 Main contents: The Draft places more stringent requirements on enterprises, with the requirements in respect of design…

  October 10, 2016