Foreign Direct Investment

Banks may not transfer business data overseas without authorization.

Geoffrey Chan, Sophie Xue, and Nicholas Poon of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom examine how the Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund, which serves as a cost and tax efficient vehicle for private equity transactions, could become a popular alternative to traditional offshore fund structures for PE investments and fundraising in Greater China

New social credit draft law raises concerns for foreign companies; CSRC lifts ban on property M&A and refinancing; and U.K. government unwinds a completed transaction for the first time.

State Council relaxes foreign investment in outbound tourism and elderly care.

Basic-level people's courts have jurisdiction over first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases.

New guidelines specify legal liability of personal information processor and the foreign data recipient.

The U.S. detains millions worth of solar panel products at the border; rules surrounding high-tech export controls clarified; Shanghai court strikes down VAM agreement

The 2022 Encouraged Catalogue encourages foreign investment in the shipping sector

China will support foreign-invested enterprises to list domestically