As a supplier to Nike and Adidas found out to its cost, companies can no longer ignore rules on social insurance. Internal auditing and coordinating with the local authorities are needed to avoid expensive disputes

Prior approvals for the establishment of (sub-)branches in the FTZ by marine insurance operation centres and reinsurance companies located in Shanghai are abolished

MOFCOM has clarified merger control filings and the SAIC has relaxed registration requirements for business scope and enterprise names

Carmen Kan, general counsel at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, spoke to China Law & Practice on relaxing foreign exchange and Hong Kong's role as the global hub for offshore renminbi

MOFCOM has imposed unique behavioural remedies that place a heavy burden on companies trying to do M&A. It is now taking steps to clarify procedures

MOFCOM has imposed unique behavioural remedies that place a heavy burden on companies trying to do M&A. It is now taking steps to clarify procedures

This week Johnson & Johnson and Bausch & Lomb were fined for price fixing, CBRC started drafting P2P lending rules, Volkswagen issued Rmb800 million in securities and Chinese firms won the bid for Brookstone

MOFCOM has outlined approval processes for foreign-invested projects and the SAIC has given more power to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board

Stamp duty on preference share transactions set at 0.1%