Technology Media and Telecom

• 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

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information Industry and National Bureau of Statistics and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Administration and Statistical Accounting of Software Export Measures

  对外贸易经济合作部、科学技术部、信息产业部、国家统计局、国家外汇管理局软件出口管理和统计办法

  Issued: October 25 2001Effective: as of date of issueApplicability: The Measures apply to exportation of software by transfer or licensing of software…

  October 31, 2001

• Other Recent Legislation for this Month

  National LegislationConstitution and Legal SystemStanding Committee of the National People's Congress, Articles 228, 342 and 410 of the Interpretation全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于《中华人民共和国刑法》第228条、第342条、第410条的解释1430/01.08.31Environmental…

  October 31, 2001

• Chinese Telecom Joint Ventures: No Entry Without Permission

  Baker & McKenzieChina's telecom regulator is on the offensive. This time, instead of targeting foreign telecom wrongdoers, the Ministry of Information…

  October 31, 2001

• Ministry of Information Industry, Administration of the Assessment by Experts of Telecommunications Equipment to be Connected to Networks Provisions

  信息产业部关于电信设备进网专家评审管理规定

  Promulgated: August 29 2001Effective: as of date of promulgationInterpreting authority: Telecommunications Regulatory Bureau of the Ministry of Information…

  October 02, 2001

• State Council, Administration of Printing Industry Regulations

  国务院印刷业管理条例

  Promulgated: August 2 2001Effective: as of date of promulgationApplicability: The Regulations apply to the business of printing publications, printed decorative…

  October 02, 2001