While China's economic reforms have taken the world by storm, many industries remain heavily restricted. Foreign investors do not have much time left to move into these markets through the popular variable interest entity (VIE) structure

Natural persons allowed to register .cn domain names.

The valuation adjustment mechanism protects investments through a series of contracts, but a recent court case held a contract void, which has created uncertainty for investors

The Shanghai sub-commission has published its own rules and declared itself an independent institution

Mediation of securities disputes introduced.

An issuer needs to convene a board meeting if the price-earnings ratio of its proposed share price is higher than the industrial average by 25%.

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New Measures from SIPO could see invention patents granted in a year, but questions remain over how many applications examiners can push through that quickly

The firm of the year shortlists for China's most prestigious legal awards have been finalised. Find out who made the cut and stay tuned for teams, deals and regional firms of the year shortlists in the coming weeks