Foreign Direct Investment

By David Yu, Llinks Law Office, ShanghaiOn March 1 2003, the State Council promulgated the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools Regulations  (中外合作办学条例)…

By Julian Zhu, Zhong Lun Law Firm, ShanghaiMergers and acquisitions activity involving foreign investors has been gaining much more publicity in China…

China's state-owned commercial banks are saddled with portfolios of non-performing loans (NPLs). Do China's legal, regulatory and tax regimes offer attractive structures to draw foreign investment into this sector?

China's mining industry hasn't experienced the dramatic growth in foreign investment that many other sectors of the economy have during the reform period. How can foreign investors tap in to the sector, and is the government committed to revamping the exploration industry?

A circular issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on improving the control of foreign exchange in foreign direct investment.

By Mitch Dudek, Toshi Miyamoto and Angela Jin, Jones Day, ShanghaiIn 2002, China's first year of WTO membership, investment in real estate rose by 21.9%…

Foreign-invested holding companies in the PRC have had a chequered history. Among MOFTEC's last big pieces of legislation are rules that make some positive changes in this area.

Joint venture trading companies are now allowed on a wider scale. Trading companies can now be set up anywhere in China, the registered capital requirements and requirements for investors are less restrictive than in previous regulations, and the scope of business is wider.

Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerChina's ambitious plan to overhaul its aviation industry includes the construction of 94 new airports within the next seven…