Retail Trade and Distribution

• State Council, Circular on Strictly Controlling the Establishment of New Administrative Permissions

  国务院关于严格控制新设行政许可的通知

  State Council suppresses bureaucratic approval requirements.

  October 04, 2013

• Ministry of Commerce, Tentative Rules for Implementation of the Trade Remedy Dispute Rulings of the World Trade Organisation (Draft for Comments)

  商务部执行世界贸易组织贸易救济争端裁决暂行规则 (征求意见稿)

  Issued: May 28 2013 Main contents: According to the Draft, MOFCOM may, after the WTO ruling on China's trade remedy, carry out further investigation…

  July 16, 2013

• Catalogue for Foreign Investment in the Dominant Industries of the Central and Western Regions (2013 Revision)

  中西部地区外商投资优势产业目录 (2013年修订)

  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.

  July 16, 2013

• Bill for Amendments to the PRC Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers (Draft)

  中华人民共和国消费者权益保护法修正案 (草案)

  Issued: April 28 2013 Main contents: Where a business operator offers durable goods such as motor vehicles, microcomputers, televisions or refrigerators,…

  May 11, 2013

• General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Measures on Handling Product Quality Complaints (Draft for Comments)

  国家质检总局产品质量申诉处理办法 (征求意见稿)

  Issued: November 26 2012Main contents:　According to the Draft, quality and technical supervision departments will not handle complaints from consumers…

  December 17, 2012

• Circular on the Policy of Pre-tax Deduction of Advertising and Publicity Expenditures

  关于广告费和业务宣传费支出税前扣除政策的通知

  Advertising expenditures of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and beverage enterprises may be deducted against 30% of their sales revenues.

  October 04, 2012

• State Administration of Taxation, Opinions on Further Thoroughly Implementing Tax Policies to Promote the Healthy Development of Private Investment

  国家税务总局关于进一步贯彻落实税收政策促进民间投资健康发展的意见

  Set of tax policies issued to encourage private investment in various sectors.

  September 11, 2012

• State Administration of Foreign Exchange, General Administration of Customs and State Administration of Taxation, Announcement on the Reform of the Foreign Exchange Control System for Trade in Goods

  国家外汇管理局、海关总署、国家税务总局关于货物贸易外汇管理制度改革的公告

  Safe no longer requires settlement of foreign exchange received from exports.

  September 11, 2012

• Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation, Circular on the Launch of Pilot Projects for the Levy of Value-added Tax in Place of Business Tax in the Transport Industry and Certain Modern Service Industries in Eight Provinces and Cities including Beijing

  财政部、国家税务总局关于在北京等8省市开展交通运输业和部分现代服务业营业税改征增值税试点的通知

  VAT reform extended to eight more provinces and cities.

  September 11, 2012

• Ministry of Commerce, Supplementary Provisions for the Measures for the Administration of Foreign Investment in the Commercial Sector (5)

  商务部外商投资商业领域管理办法补充规定 (五)

  Hong Kong and Macao investors allowed to engage in wholly-owned retail grain business in Guangdong.

  May 31, 2012