Corporate Governance

Whilst China's new Company Law is not all it could have been, it goes a long way in introducing protection for minority shareholders, improving corporate governance and ensuring more realistic capitalization requirements for the establishment of companies.

Reflecting China's growing unease with the free flow of information over the internet, the government has released new regulations further restricting the digital dissemination of unauthorized news.

China's new Securities Law heralds better times ahead for fund raisers and investors alike. Still, a lot remains to be done to bring the regulatory function of the country's securities market in line with regional competitors.

By Qin Yu and Li [email protected]; [email protected] the growth of China's economy in recent years, construction projects…

Compared with previous rules regarding debt provisioning, the Measures introduces greater flexibility in making the minimum 1% of year-end balance of risk assets a guideline rather than a mandatory requirement. It changes the nature of general provisions allocated from one of pre-tax deduction to a post-tax distribution of profit. The Measures allows financial institutions to set aside two types of loan loss provisions: specific provisions and special provisions. Further requirements for other categories of the asset impairment provisions, for instance bad debt provisions and provisions for impaired long-term investments, are also in place.

Penalities for registration amendment of foreign-invested companies in the PRC.

Issued: October 20 2005Main contents: Where an application by a foreign investor intending to make use of the profits from a foreign-invested enterprise…

Corporate governance in share-system commercial banks.

Promulgated: September 29 2005Effective: November 1 2005Interpreting authority: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and QuarantineApplicability:…