Features & Analyses

Providing the energy to power China's economic boom is a daunting task that the government and industry must address. The authors discuss the history of China's energy policies and the development challenges facing China.

State enterprise reform is an urgent issue facing the Chinese government. Among the important legislation issued in 2003 in this area are provisions from the Supreme People's Court that govern disputes involving enterprise restructuring.

CEPA opens new doors to Hong Kong companies seeking access to mainland markets. The big winners are Hong Kong transportation and logistics companies.

Most analyses of China's WTO commitments haven't shed much light on how the challenge of implementing the sweeping reforms necessary will be accomplished. Nor, the author argues, do they address the fundamental issue of whether PRC government structure is even up to the task.

Chinese maritime law and legal practice are gradually coming into conformity with international practice. However one key area that remains unclear is the legal status of the straight bill of lading.

As foreign investment into China keeps growing, one of the most pressing concerns for the shareholders in a China investment is how to recover and/or realize the company's assets in China when the principal entity is placed in liquidation overseas. How do the creditors and liquidators proceed in such a case?

Although the government hasn't yet issued an overarching antitrust law, there are numerous regulations governing monopolies, price fixing and unfair commercial practices. The latest is a new anti-price monopoly law issued by the State Development Reform Commission.

Hong Kong signed the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement with the mainland in June. What kind of "arrangement" does CEPA call for? And what will change with the new opportunities?

New SPC rules on disputes over futures trading focus on the primacy of contractual issues, and form a counterpoint to legislation that traditionally has focused on regulating the futures industry at the macro-level.