Foreign Direct Investment

Shanghai's Free Trade Zone has been called one of the largest reforms since Deng Xiaoping's era. But how free will it really be? It is best thought of as an area where the government can focus on ways to achieve its long term goals

Shanghai's Free Trade Zone has been called one of the largest reforms since Deng Xiaoping's era. But how free will it really be? It is best thought of as an area where the government can focus on ways to achieve its long term goals

China establishes its first free trade zone in Shanghai.

The establishment of a foreign-invested enterprise in mainland China can be a formidable task, but a Circular from the State Council may streamline the process and ease the registration burden

The revised Catalogue expands opportunities for foreign investment across the country's regions and encourages some previously restricted areas of investment. But investors looking to move west need to be aware of the challenges that they face

Taiwanese financial institutions may also invest in the mainland capital markets through the RQFII scheme.

More labour intensive (manufacture of digital television and energy saving refrigerators) and service sector (development and application of the internet of Things and mobile internet) projects are added to the revised Catalogue.

I want to form a WFOE and, while I understand there are some attractions to setting up outside the major cities, I would like to know more about the legal challenges this entails

Rising labour and land costs and stricter environmental regulations have caused German manufacturers to look at moving inland, but they are finding it hard to pick the right location