Legal

Tax policy continued to encourage foreign-invested R&D institutions.

The Measures require insurance companies to deposit capital guarantee funds in more than one bank.

Two dispute resolution specialists offer their insights on how to handle bringing a Chinese manufacturer to court and how to avoid a similar situation in the future.

The revised Regulations use ad valorem method for calculation of resource tax for crude oil and natural gas.

The Provisions revise the classification of enterprise registration to incorporate foreign partnerships.

The prior art defence strategy has become increasingly important and popular for alleged infringers in patent cases. However, its framework suffers from uncertainty and some technical defects

A debt-for-equity swap shall be subject to a capital verification by a lawfully-established capital verification institution.

New developments in e-commerce regulation bring the issue of intellectual property infringement and the liability of e-commerce operators to light. A landmark case in China removed the defence of the “Safe Harbor Principle” for the first time, and should serve as an admonition to online platforms

The revised Rules raise the thresholds for the levy of business tax.