China Law News

As outbound deals rapidly catch up with inbound in volume and domestic law firms increase capacity and global reach, international law firms have to fight to stay relevant

This week the CSRC and HK SFC allowed dual share trading between the two exchanges, Weibo chose Nasdaq for its listing and the EU trade commissioner slammed China's telecom subsidies

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