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Supreme Court issues judicial interpretation to define foreign-related civil relationships

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • February 21 2013

The People's Supreme Court issued a Judicial Interpretation on December 28, 2012, made effective on January 7, 2013, regarding the application of the

Between mortar and pestle: SEC pressure grinds auditors against PRC state interests

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • February 14 2013

Comity among US and Chinese regulators may top this New Year's wish list for United States-listed companies in China. After a failed six-month

Big Four to localize in China

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • May 22 2012

Earlier this month, China’s Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on Issuing the Scheme on the Localized Restructuring of Sino-Foreign Cooperative Accounting Firms (“Notice”), requiring the Big Four to “localize” their operations in China

Details of 2012 annual inspection of foreign-invested enterprises announced

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • March 14 2012

The Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, General Taxation Administration Bureau, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, National Bureau of Statistics and State Administration of Foreign Exchange have recently released the “Notice on Implementing the Joint Annual Inspection of Foreign-Invested Enterprises in 2012”

Regulatory challenges for the "Big Four"

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • March 7 2012

The “Big Four”, which dominate the Chinese market, are facing regulatory changes that could mean that only accountants with Chinese qualifications can be partners in their China-based audit practices

Loosening current restrictions, while implementing new ones--Notice on Further Improving the Administrative Measures for Foreign-Funded Investment Companies issued

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • February 6 2012

The Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly released the Notice on Further Improving the Administrative Measures for Foreign-Funded Investment Companies (“the Notice”) on Dec 8, 2011

China updates registration rules for representative offices of foreign firms

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • December 21 2010

On November 10, 2010, China's State Council promulgated a regulation that updates registration and related rules for resident representative offices of foreign firms (the "Regulation"), which will become effective on March 1, 2011

New law integrates China's scattered private international law rules for foreign-related civil relationships

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • December 9 2010

On October 28, 2010, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress promulgated the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relationships" (the "Law"

New rules on the litigation of cases involving foreign investment enterprises

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • December 6 2010

In a new effort to bring clarity to regulations on the trial of cases involving Foreign Investment Enterprises (FIEs) in China, the Supreme People's Court, the country's highest court, implemented on August 16, 2010 Provisions on Issues Concerning Trial of Cases Relating to Foreign Investment Enterprises (I) (the "Provisions"

China issues the new audit regulation

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • March 31 2010

China's State Council has recently released the amended Regulations for the Implementation of the Audit Law of the People's Republic of China (hereafter, the "New Audit Regulation") applicable starting May 1, 2010