Features & Analyses

Taiwan has made greater private sector participation in infrastructure projects a government priority. A look into how conducive the regulatory environment to realization of government policy is in this area.

The authors examine the legal framework for foreign investment in energy across the oil and gas, electric power and coal industries.

2003 was an eventful year in China's customs law and practice. Here two of our authors take a look at problems and progress in China's adjustment to WTO.

New distribution regulations released in 2003 as well as the landmark M&A rules have changed the landscape for foreign investment in publishing distribution.

A new law issued by the Ministry of Commerce and others has allowed for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned export procurement agencies.

China has revised two of the country's key commercial banking laws, and has issued a concrete formulation of the role and responsibilities of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and this has been welcomed by industry watchers.

Export-oriented businesses have played a leading role in the growth of China's economy in the reform period. At the same time, however, the tax rebates that have been given to exporters as incentives to expand their businesses have created a heavy fiscal burden for the government. What is the solution?

In recent years, the government has been making the legal environment governing investment outside China by companies established in China, including foreign-invested companies, more progressive. A new SAFE circular furthers the liberalization programme.

The recent trademark case involving Toyota and a domestic auto manufacturer was widely seen as a test case of the strength of intellectual property law in China. Here one of the participants in the case gives an assessment of the court's decision.