A proposed new visa category could streamline the process for foreigners seeking work in China from as early as October 1 this year

Less than a month after the first People's Higher Court began hearing a landmark anti-monopoly case, the Supreme Court has released the first interpretation for hearing civil anti-monopoly disputes, which lowers the burden of proof and sets out a procedural framework

Foreign insurers can now enter the nation's compulsory transport accident insurance market

Selected by the Supreme Court as the Top 10 IP Cases of 2011, five law firms analyse five of the cases, the precedents set and how each one changes the future of IP disputes

New Rules on democratic management are part of the government's labour initiative. They build on economic policy, local regulations and unionisation plans, but without a relevant body to enforce against foreign invested enterprises, their impact is uncertain

All enterprises shall establish a democratic management system, with the employee representative congress as its basic form.

Mainland Chinese enterprises allowed to issue renminbi bonds in Hong Kong.

The senior partner of a Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture accounting firm must have Chinese citizenship.

All enterprises required to establish employee representative congresses.