Foreign Direct Investment

The NDRC and MOFCOM have updated the Catalogue for guiding regional investment. It shows how China's investment dynamics are changing, with the majority of foreign investment expected to move inland soon

The NDRC and MOFCOM have updated the Catalogue for guiding regional investment. It shows how China's investment dynamics are changing, with the majority of foreign investment expected to move inland soon

SAFE further streamlines the foreign exchange procedures for establishment of foreign-invested enterprises.

A representative office using temporary workers is challenging and more burdensome than direct employment, as agencies in practice release all responsibility after workers have been placed. Legal reforms have not clarified the situation, which means it may be time for investors to switch to a WFOE

A representative office using temporary workers is challenging and more burdensome than direct employment, as agencies in practice release all responsibility after workers have been placed. Legal reforms have not clarified the situation, which means it may be time for investors to switch to a WFOE

Taiwanese businesses often invest into mainland China indirectly as it can offer them enhanced protection through bilateral agreements. But new Measures have reduced concerns and may open up opportunities for foreign investors

Officials in the western city of Chengdu have used an enhanced IP system to attract foreign investors. David Tring spoke to Ding Xiaobin from the city's Science & Technology Bureau to find out more about the initiative

If a Taiwanese investor invests in and establishes an enterprise on the mainland using a company, enterprise or other economic organisation in a third place that it directly or indirectly owns or controls, it may apply to have such third place investor recognised as being the equivalent of a Taiwanese investor.

The total funds (investment principal and returns) that a QFII may outwardly remit each month may not exceed 20% of its total domestic assets as at the end of the previous year.