(Issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on May 17 2004 and effective 45 days after the date of issue.)

A recent report from the State Administration of Commerce has highlighted the government's ongoing concern with monopoly practices by big foreign companies in China, and gives some information about the content of the pending PRC Anti-monopoly Law.

Issued: June 15 2004Effective: July 1 2004Applicability: Where a fund of which shares of the fund are publicly sold, and record filing procedures are lawfully…

By Qin [email protected] East China Power Market (the Market) commenced simulated operation on May 18 2004, and is China's second such regional…

Minimum hourly wage in Shanghai is to be raised to RMB 5.5 from 1 July 2004.

Requires specific contents of the fund listing, as well as the disclosure of the fund's investment portfolios, to be published on designated media and submitted to CSRC.

Relevant standards in the manufacturing, packaging, storage, transport, workshop and equipment arrangements as well as quality control of ice confections.

Overseas waste importers must register with the authorities.

By David Liu and Nelson [email protected]@pdlo.comInternational investors are again competing aggressively in the PRC market for the more…