Foreign Direct Investment

Implementing Rules to clarify the qualification verfication requirements of foreign-invested construction design enterprises.

Foreigners looking to conduct surveying and mapping in China must obtain consent from the authorities beforehand.

Foreign enterprises, among others, must pay the appropriate amount of land use tax.

Guangzhou offers incentives for the eestablishment of headquarters and regional headquarters.

Wen Jie and Richard Wageman discuss the development of the exponentially growing franchising market in China, against which the most recently promulgated franchising legislation is interpreted.

In its eleventh five-year plan for the development of foreign trade, Guangzhou made a commitment to encourage foreign investors to set up headquarters and regional headquarters in its municipal area.

In order to be recognized as a headquarters or regional headquarters, the institution must satisfy four conditions. Many incentives are provided to foreign investors for establishing headquarters or regional headquarters.

 By Lu [email protected] the Chinese government has stepped up its efforts to crack down on commercial bribery. Statistics…

By Wayne Chen and James [email protected]; [email protected] Groupe SEB's strategic investment in SUPOR, the first announced takeover…