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Limitations on foreign investments by state-owned enterprises

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
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  • April 25 2012

As of 1 May 2012, State-owned enterprises that are owned by the Chinese central government ("Central SOEs") are no longer permitted to invest in non-core businesses outside of Mainland China

China's advance tax ruling regime in place

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 25 2012

China has implemented an advance tax ruling system starting from 1 March 2012

New CIETAC arbitration rules 2012

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 25 2012

CIETAC, the pre-eminent arbitration commission for foreign-related arbitrations in China, has issued new arbitration rules that will become effective as of 1 May 2012 (the 2012 Rules

MOFCOM's conditional approval of Western DigitalHitachi deal

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 25 2012

On 2 March 2012, China's Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") conditionally approved Western Digital’s acquisition of Hitachi’s hard disk drive ("HDD") business

China's pilot programme for replacing business tax with VAT launched in Shanghai

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 19 2012

On 17 November 2011, the Ministry of Finance ("MOF") and the State Administration of Taxation ("SAT") introduced a pilot programme in Shanghai to replace Business Tax with Value-added Tax ("VAT") commencing 1 January 2012

China's 2011 foreign investment industrial guidance catalogue

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 19 2012

In order to bring foreign investments into close alignment with China's policy goals, the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue ("Catalogue"), jointly issued by China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM"), was most recently amended on 24 December 2011

China launches RMB qualified foreign institutional investor scheme

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 19 2012

China recently took a further step to internationalise its currency

MOFCOM’s conditional approval for SeagateSamsung's merger

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 19 2012

Companies engaged in M&A transactions involving the Chinese market will need to take into account that the Chinese anti-trust regulator MOFCOM is increasingly taking decisions that deviate from the positions taken by other anti-trust regulators

China allows foreign direct investments in RMB

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • October 27 2011

Foreign companies that hold RMB deposits outside of China can now use those offshore RMB amounts for foreign direct investments into China

MOFCOM conditionally approves Uralkali's merger with Silvinit after anti-monopoly review

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • October 27 2011

Foreign companies involved in non-Chinese mergers need to be aware of scrutiny by the Chinese anti-monopoly authority MOFCOM and possible conditional measures that can be imposed, especially if the merged companies provide key raw materials to China