With the new Land Registration Measures introduced in February the PRC Ministry of Land Resources is making a huge step towards bringing clarity and buyer protection to what has, over the last two decades, become a complicated and confusing procedure for the registration of property. In its enthusiasm to bring about constructive change, however, the central government may find its announced implementation of the new Measures to be a bit ambitious.

The Law details the procedures for mediation and arbitration of employment disputes. It stipulates that the time limit for applying for arbitration in an employment dispute shall be one year (Article 27).

Areva's Transmission and Distribution Division (Areva T&D) has formed three joint venture companies in China as part of a US$20.4 million infrastructure…

Baker & McKenzie's global climate change practice has launched a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Rulebook website, providing an online database for…

When the China Securities Regulatory Commission [CSRC] recently released the Draft Measures on Administration of Initial Public Offering and Listing on…

The IFIL Group has closed a US$90 million deal in Vision Investment Management in the form of a five-year mandatory convertible bond, which on conversion…

Minimum hourly wage raised to Rmb8 for part-time employees in Shanghai.

Despite some remaining flaws, arbitration is still the preferred method of dispute resolution for investors in China. This is not only due to the generally applicable advantages of arbitration over litigation but is also linked to the particularities of the Chinese legal system. However, these particularities should be carefully taken into account when drafting the arbitration clause in a contract involving a Chinese party, otherwise the arbitral process could lead to an unenforceable and useless award.

The real estate and construction industry is one that has gone through many changes recently, and the government has made various attempts to control certain aspects of it with changes to the regulatory environment. Will investment in China continue in this industry and will the law evolve alongside it, or are new changes imminent? China Law & Practice takes a closer look at the field, what the lawyers have to say, and what the future will bring for China.