China Law News

The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), China's environmental regulator, has launched investigations into the nation's most notorious…

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has proposed new rules for initial public offerings (IPOs), to make it easier for companies to sell shares in…

Foreign investment by Chinese companies (excluding banks) jumped 123% to US$12.3 billion in 2005, according to a report released by China's Ministry of…

On September 7 2006, the State Council and Ministry of Land announced new rules to control land. These include increased compensation for evicted residents…

China Merchants Bank's (CMB) initial public offering (IPO) was oversubscribed by 266 times when investors rushed to buy a share of the retail portion of…

China has tightened new rules regarding the release of court information to the media. Under the new system, unauthorized court officials are forbidden…

China is expected to release rules requiring state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to submit their dividends to the government from the beginning of 2007. The…

Since China launched its reform of the domestic capital markets in May 2005, requiring listed companies to convert non-tradable state-owned shares into…

In Doing Business 2007: How to Reform, the World Bank and International Finance Corporation rank China as the fourth-best reformer globally (behind Georgia,…