Retail Trade and Distribution

• Who Benefits From CEPA? Let's Wait and See

  Hong Kong signed the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement with the mainland in June. What kind of "arrangement" does CEPA call for? And what will change with the new opportunities?

  September 02, 2003

• Re-evaluating Tax Assessments for Representative Offices

  Understanding tax assessment is among the most important issues for foreign-invested companies working in China. The state tax bureau has recently revamped the rules for the tax liability of foreign companies' representative offices in China.

  September 02, 2003

• National Development and Reform Commission, Suppression of Acts of Price Monopoly Tentative Provisions

  国家发展和改革委员会制止价格垄断行为暂行规定

  Promulgated: June 18 2003Effective: January 1 2003Interpreting authority: National Development and Reform CommissionApplicability: "Price monopoly acts"…

  July 02, 2003

• Customs Treatment of Related Fees: Tax Planning Under WTO

  Customs compliance and tax planning for cross-border transactions are becoming more important and complex. Payments between different links in a cross-border supply chain must be structured carefully to avoid high customs value and possible double taxation.

  July 02, 2003

• Customs Treatment of Related Fees: Tax Planning Under WTO

  Customs compliance and tax planning for cross-border transactions are becoming more important and complex. Payments between different links in a cross-border supply chain must be structured carefully to avoid high customs value and possible double taxation.

  July 01, 2003

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce, The Question on the Determination of Nature and the Handling of Acts of Using, Without Authorization, the Unique Packaging and Trade Dress of Others' Famous Products for Identical or Similar Purposes and Obtaining the Design Patent Official Reply

  国家工商行政管理总局关于擅自将他人知名商品特有的包装、装潢作相同或者近似使用并取得外观设计专利的行为定性处理问题的答复

  Issued: March 27 2003Main contents: The Official Reply clarifies that if an operator, without authorization, uses the unique packaging and trade dress…

  June 02, 2003

• Establishment & Operation of WFOEs in Free Trade Zones

  Since 1990, the PRC has established 15 Free Trade Zones, in Shanghai Waigaoqiao, Tianjin Tanggu, Dalian, Qingdao, Zhangjiagang, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Shantou,…

  June 02, 2003

• MOFTEC's Swansong: Easing Restrictions on PRC Holding Companies

  Foreign-invested holding companies in the PRC have had a chequered history. Among MOFTEC's last big pieces of legislation are rules that make some positive changes in this area.

  May 02, 2003

• Protecting Olympic Intellectual Property

  Protecting intellectual property rights is one of the most important aspects of staging the Olympics. Today a substantial portion of the Games' financing stems from marketing Olympic symbols. What measures has Beijing taken to regulate IPR in anticipation of the 2008 Games?

  May 02, 2003

• Other Recent Legislation for this Month

  National LegislationConstructionCertified Urban Planners Registration Procedures 注册城市规划师注册登记办法L4200/03.03.10BankingSubmission…

  March 31, 2003