China revitalises its property market to increase domestic demand in view of the financial crisis.

Government measures promote better protection and management of state-owned assets

The Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises (the Provisions) were promulgated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and took effect on October 1. The Provisions replaced the Regulation of Administration of Foreign Invested Advertising Entities and reflects a liberalisation trend that encourages foreign investment in this specialised business sector. By Richard Wageman, DLA Piper, Beijing.

Procedural obstacle cleared for increase of shareholding through Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Joseph Christian has joined DLA Piper as part of the firm's real estate practice group as partner in the Hong Kong office. Christian will be advising…

Clifford Chance has announced the promotion of three new senior associates in its PRC corporate team, Jiang Niao, Robert Xia, and Ming Yen.

Frank ZhouJun He Law [email protected] the revised PRC Company Law became effective on January 1 2006 (Company Law), investors found little…

The revised Provisions set forth requirements concerning solvency assessments, solvency reports, solvency management and solvency monitoring.

Land prices in China's tier one cities have risen at a terrific rate over recent years as available construction space has been squeezed. In response to this, local Chinese authorities have sought to extract their share of profits – at the time of granting the land use rights to the preferred developer – usually through some form of bidding process. By Thomas Fairley, Norton Rose