The CIRC has established measures for the M&A of insurance companies, MOFCOM has helped accounting firms to set up branches in the free trade zone and tax burdens were lifted for cultural service exports
This week GE was forced to recall faulty baby warmers, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce began revising the Anti-unfair Competition Law and the role of CFIUS in approving Chinese deals was looked at
This week the Shanghai Stock Exchange relaxed the rules for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors, the Securities Association of China established a negative list and the PBOC set limits for online payments
The State Council has abolished certain M&A examination requirements, while the CSRC has launched a pilot project for preference shares and set percentages for private placement of newly-offered shares
This week the SAIC fined Nu Skin for illegal direct sales, more Snowden documents showed that the NSA has been hacking Huawei, China was called out for manipulating the global supply of rare earths and the irony of SOE privatisation was discussed
An increasing number of judges in Shanghai are quitting every year and replacing them is proving difficult. The government needs to act quickly to maintain the quality of decision making and the faith of litigants
An increasing number of judges in Shanghai are quitting every year and replacing them is proving difficult. The government needs to act quickly to maintain the quality of decision making and the faith of litigants
This week Alibaba officially chose the US for its listing, Twitter CEO Costolo prepared his first trip to Shanghai, Chinese law firms were fined over IPO due diligence and a real estate developer defaulted
This week the CIRC has produced a circular on approval of reinsurance transactions, the CBRC has opened up investment in lease financing companies and customs have introduced new measures for processing goods
Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are battling to dominate the world's largest internet user base in a contest that highlights the need to clarify the use of variable interest entity structures