China's policy on essential medicines will be overhauled as part of wide-ranging healthcare reforms. This may lead to the demise of many local pharmaceutical companies but opportunities in traditional Chinese medicine

Luigi Bendi and Gianluca D'[email protected],[email protected] Studio LegaleItaly has been a signatory of GATT since…

Safe delegates its approval authority over capital account items to lower authorities.

China competition boost for Freshfields and ClearyFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is relocating one of its leading antitrust, competition and trade partners…

Zhaokang [email protected] Travis & Rosenberg, PAGiven that e-commerce is one of the key strategies by which small and medium-sized enterprises…

Contracts are the bases of all business transactions. Without them, and their trustworthy enforcement, trade would grind to a halt

This is a transcript of a significant part of an interview conducted by China Law & Practice editor Phil Taylor with Yu Jianlong, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, on May 22 2009 in Hong Kong

Qualified M&A transactions allowed special income tax treatment.

For inbound investors, navigating the maze of available structures can be tricky. The development of the PRC Anti-monopoly Law has led to more scrutiny of acquisitions of Chinese companies, causing potential foreign investors to look at other ways of investing in the country; Danone's experience with Wahaha has in turn revealed potential pitfalls for joint ventures