Technology Media and Telecom

• Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Administration of Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Audio and Video Products Distribution Enterprises Measures

  文化部、对外贸易经济合作部中外合作音像制品分销企业管理办法

  Licensing for new AV product distributors with foreign investment, and the application for AV Products Business Permit.

  January 31, 2002

• State Council, Administration of Publishing Regulations

  国务院出版管理条例

  Promulgated: December 25 2001Effective: February 1 2002Applicability: These Regulations apply to publishing activities in the PRC. "publishing activities"…

  January 31, 2002

• Ministry of Information Industry, Administration of Telecommunications Business Permits Measures

  信息产业部电信业务经营许可证管理办法

  Promulgated: December 26 2001Effective: January 1 2002Applicability: These Measures apply to the application for, examination and approval of, as well…

  January 31, 2002

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and State Economic and Trade Commission, Administration of Technology Prohibited or Restricted from Import Measures

  对外贸易经济合作部、国家经济贸易委员会禁止进口限制进口技术管理办法

  Promulgated: December 30 2001Effective: January 1 2002Main contents: The Measures state that technology listed under the prohibition category or the restriction…

  January 31, 2002

• China's New Technology Import And Export Legislation: A Step Toward a Freer Market

  New regulations on the import and export of technology mark further progress in liberalizing trade in this area. Obstacles to free trade still remain though, especially in the form of prohibited or restricted products.

  January 31, 2002

• New Telecom Enterprise Regulations: The Door is Opened, but MII Still Keeping the Gate

  New regulations reflect a gradual opening of the telecom sector to foreign participation, but that's just the beginning as China faces the challenges of reform.

  January 31, 2002

• Getting A Permit: Guidelines For Telecom Operators

  The recently promulgated Administration of Foreign-funded Telecommunications Enterprises Provisions  (外商投资电信企业管理规定) (the…

  January 31, 2002

• Administration of Foreign-funded Telecommunications Enterprises Provisions

  外商投资电信企业管理规定

  New regulations reflect a gradual opening of the telecom sector to foreign participation, but that's just the beginning as China faces the challenges of reform.

  January 31, 2002

• Taiwan WTO Survey: Getting a Head Start on Reform

  Taiwan has become a new member of the World Trade Organization. An excerpt on how it has prepared itself to meet the challenges of stronger ties to its global trading partners.

  December 31, 2001

• Blueprint for China's post-WTO Telecom Competition Framework

  As a WTO member, China will be required to provide "national treatment"1 to foreign investors in various service industries. This includes the telecommunications sector.

  December 31, 2001