Foreign Direct Investment

Llinks Law OfficeIn order to further improve the foreign exchange administration for foreign direct investment (FDI), the State Administration of Foreign…

Fangda PartnersThe new Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors Tentative Provisions  (外国投资者并购境内企业暂行规定)…

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.

Driven by the desire to gain a better position before China fully opens its banking sector according to its WTO commitment, and encouraged by several precedents…

Futures trading in China has had a chequered past. New rules make for a limited opening of the sector, and might constitute a new beginning for China's futures markets, though further legislation is needed to clarify the opportunities for foreign investors.

Driven by the desire to gain a better position before China fully opens its banking sector according to its WTO commitment, and encouraged by several precedents…

In 2002, China's telecom sector was very much domestically focused - on market regulation, and market consolidation. 2003 heralds the prospect of not only…

China's chemical imports grew a robust 23% during the first six months of China's WTO membership. China's insatiable demand for chemicals resulted in significant…

Over a year after its WTO accession, how has China done in the key securities, fund management and insurance markets?