Features & Analyses

Regulatory authorities have responded with legislation on exchange forwards and swaps. Will the authorities liberalize constraints on the derivative markets to meet international market standards?

Clarifies what constitutes well-known commodities and infringement of business secrets. Yan Xun reviews the key issues affecting intellectual property rights owners in China.

The new measures governing the establishment of representative organizations by foreign insurance institutions replace a similar set of measures promulgated only two years before.

An overview of the biggest legislative developments over the past two decades and the key issues affecting law firms in China today.

Howard Yinghao Yang suggests how practitioners can structure arbitration clauses under the new rules and interpretations to ensure enforcement of awards both domestically and internationally.

The United States and Taiwan are among China's top trading partners. How do Chinese companies navigate two different legal systems to recover their losses from defaulting parties?

How will the new PRC Anti-money Laundering Law limit or promote the business scope of financial institutions and foreign-invested enterprises?

Will the Circular on the Investment in the Equity Interests of Commercial Banks by Insurance Institutionsdiminish benefits for foreign investors? How will local insurers manage the new dimension of competition?

Upon reopening its market to IPOs, China's Securities Regulatory Commission introduced new Measures which change the way underwriters and institutions conduct IPO price inquiries. What do these Measures entail and how will they affect China's market in the future?