Features & Analyses

With a trade war with the US erupting, moves to stabilize the Chinese economy are likely to present a number of new opportunities for foreign investors. Edwin Li explores the options.

Fang Qi, partner at Fangda Partners, discusses the impact of the newly issuedMeasures on Work Relevant to the Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights toForeign Parties (Trial Implementation) (知识产权对外转让有关工作办法 (试行））(the Measures), the legal reforms it brings and mechanisms for its enforcement.

PRC outbound investment has received another boost via a new tax credit regulation that simplifies procedures and provides greater options to Chinese companies keen on multi-jurisdictional forays. It would be wise for these corporates to review and restructure their tax credit strategies to capitalize on the government's commitment to expanding outward.

The Anti-monopoly Law (AML) has undergone an evolution since its advent, nearly adecade ago. Now, the process for simple cases has been streamlined to ensure efficientapprovals, allowing the competition authority greater time and resources to scrutinizemore complex and challenging deals. Active enforcement has lent to the increasedawareness of antitrust issues among companies and the general public. Fay Zhou and XiLiao of Linklaters provide a brief look back at the AML's significant growth spurts and sharesome guidance on what lies ahead.

A new tax deferral policy providing a temporary waiver of EIT to overseas investors investing in encouraged industries is aimed at attracting more foreign capital. If considering expanding further into the PRC, overseas companies should comprehensively review and readjust their current investment strategies to ensure they can benefit from the new tax deferral.

Steven Gu of Co-Effort Law Firm highlights the new civil litigation principles, the major SPC guidelines and Belt and Road disputes, and the evolving mechanisms for arbitration and mediation in China 协力律师事务所的古锐律师重点解释、分析了最新的民事诉讼总则、最高人民法院指引、一带一路纠纷以及中国仲裁调解制度的改革

Rongsheng Zhang and Xiangyang Yi of Jingtian & Gongcheng provide an overview of the CSRC's regulatory agenda, the Mainland-Hong Kong stock and bond connects, the tightened block trade and backdoor listing curbs, and risk controls for fund managers 竞天公诚律师事务所的张荣胜律师和易湘洋律师综观证监会的监管政策、沪深港通和债券通、大宗交易的收紧、借壳上市的遏制以及基金经理的风险管理

Dorothy Xing and Jennifer Zhang of East & Concord Partners analyze the latest policy objectives of the CBRC, CIRC, and CSRC, the regulations tackling P2P lending risks, and the onshore investment opportunities for foreign banks 天达共和律师事务所的邢冬梅律师和张璇律师分析了银监会、保监会和证监会最新的政策目的，应对P2P借贷风险的法规以及外资银行的境内投资机遇

Wei Wang of Co-Effort Law Firm highlights the progress and impact of China's anti-corruption campaign, the increasing compliance burdens in the finance, internet, and pharmaceutical industries, and the procedures to follow for internal risk controls and investigations 协力律师事务所的王炜律师重点介绍了中国反贪腐的进展和影响，对金融、网络和药品等行业日益增加的合规重担，以及内部风险控制和监管调查时的应对程序