Retail Trade and Distribution

The Procedures aim to create norms for commercial franchising activities. It covers issues such as franchise parties, franchise agreements, advertising, information disclosure, and foreign-invested entities.

National LegislationAdvertisingAdministration of Advertising Business Permits Procedures 广告经营许可证管理办法L5500/04.11.30Environmental…

Promulgated: November 30 2004Effective: January 1 2005Applicability: "Printed advertisements" refers to the common form of printed advertisements such…

Issued: November 30 2004Effective: January 1 2005Applicability: Sino-foreign equity joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative joint ventures and wholly…

The Ministry of Commerce has issued new procedures that govern China's expanding market for oil products.

Three years after China's accession to the WTO, what are the main issues that are determining the pace of liberalization of the economy? And how do the WTO commitments interact with the economic challenges facing China?

The Procedures aim to strengthen the administration of the oil products market, and to regulate operational activities of oil products business. The Procedures are necessary to fulfill WTO requirements - to open the oil products market.

The Ministry of Commerce has issued new procedures that govern China's expanding market for oil products.

By David Livdahl and Zhongda [email protected]; [email protected] the world's (excluding China) direct…