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China streamlines Foreign Exchange administrative procedures to facilitate cross-border investments

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
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  • March 4 2013

China's foreign exchange regulator, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE"), recently issued the Circular on Further Improving and

Welcome clarity on online sales in China for foreign investors from an unexpected source but uncertainty remains for the VIE structure

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • December 31 2012

With a netizenship of over 500 million users and potential for further increases considering its population and demographics, China's online sales

China's new Exit-Entry Law targets illegal foreigners

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • July 20 2012

Following a report from the Deputy Minister of Public Security, Yang Huanning to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee on April 25 ("Report to Congress"), China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed a new Exit-Entry Administration Law on 30 June, 2012, representing the first overhaul of China's immigration law since 1986

Beijing implements new rules requiring real name registration on microblogs: every bush and tree looks like an enemy?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 12 2012

On 16 December 2011, the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, the Beijing Public Security Bureau (i.e. the Chinese police) and the Beijing Communication Administration Bureau (i.e. the local branch of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) jointly issued the Beijing Municipality Several Provisions on the Administration of the Development of Microblogs (the "Provisions") which took effect on the same date

New rules on employee share plans for foreign listed companies in China: are they finally ready to take off?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • March 22 2012

The granting of employee stock options and shares as a form of remuneration is an increasing trend in the People's Republic of China

New SAFE circular changes the rules on company financings and round-tripping investments via overseas special purpose companies

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 16 2011

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE") promulgated the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Circular on Issuing the Operational Rules concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Company Financings and Round Tripping Investments via Overseas Special Purpose Companies by Residents in China Huifa (2011) No. 19 ("Circular 19") on May 17, 2011

China liberalizes foreign investment in medical services sector

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • December 15 2010

On 26 November 2010, the State Council circulated the Opinions on Further Encouraging and Guiding the Use of Non-governmental Capital in the Establishment of Medical Institutions ("Opinions"

Law on laws governing civil relations involving foreign elements

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • December 15 2010

The People's Republic China Law on the Laws Governing Civil Relations involving Foreign Elements (the "Law") was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and will come into effect on 1 April 2011

New circular re-imposes restrictions on purchases of properties in China by foreign entities and individuals - a sense of déjà vu

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 30 2010

On 15 November 2010, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) jointly issued the Circular on Further Standardising the Administration of Property Purchases by Overseas Institutions and Foreigners ("Circular 186"), which re-imposes restrictions on the purchase of properties by foreign entities with a presence in China and foreign individuals

New MOFCOM and NDRC rules may indicate authorities' focus in antitrust enforcement

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • July 23 2010

With the second anniversary of the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") approaching in August, new developments regarding merger control and cartel conduct may shed light on China's future antitrust policy