Shenzhen Stock Exchange gives definite qualification requirements for independent directors.

The Catalogue has been revised since the 2007 revision. Venture investment enterprises and intellectual property services are added to the encouraged category while the manufacture of assembled automobiles is removed from the category.

Participants subject to strict supervision and disclosure requirements

Record filing may be done locally for franchises that operate in more than one province.

Mofcom sets out measures to curb unreported concentrations of business operators.

Business tax is levied on transfer of natural resource use rights.

Record filing may be done locally for franchises that operate in more than one province.

Law revised to expand the scope of occupational diseases.

New regulatory opinions address common issues faced by Chinese companies when restructuring. They may also make things easier for foreign-invested companies