New measures on compulsory licensing clarify the application process, but questions remain over how authorities will grant a licence and under what circumstances. China has yet to grant its first compulsory licence, but a decision earlier this year in India has reminded patent owners of the danger

Plot ratio requirements must be included in contracts for grant of land use rights.

The draft amendments to the Copyright Law empower collective management and set new rules for fair use

Listed companies required to disclose outstanding deficit after restructuring.

Listed companies are now required to fully disclose financial risks and losses, which may make investors more cautious about restructuring businesses

Guangzhou issues China's first set of provisions on government contracts.

Since the 1980s the joint venture was the most common route for structuring foreign direct investment into China. Two decades later, are joint ventures still the right choice?

The Supreme People's Court released its Top 10 IP Cases of 2011 on Monday, showing the country's commitment to tackling online infringement

The CSRC has raised the amount available to qualified foreign institutional investors to $80 billion. The $50 billion increase is the largest since the launch of the pilot programme in 2002.