The people's court may handle monopolistic agreement disputes despite provision of an arbitration clause, mutual funds are allowed to invest in China's new third board and important infrastructure and utilities projects require mandatory invitation of bids.
Bao Zhi, Yibei Zhang, Grace Tso and Scott Silverman of Baker McKenzie and FenXun Partners discuss the workings of the Negative List regime and other administrative measures that impact market access for foreign investments in the light of China's push to provide foreign investors with a fairer and more transparent foreign investment environment
China's pandemic-hit economy contracts for first time in decades in Q1; Renault exits China joint-venture amid weak sales and worsening outlook; new national blockchain committee launched with several tech giants involved
SAFE relaxes forex control to facilitate cross-border business, Guangdong issues guidelines on IP protection for online games and interbank interest rate options trading is launched.
How has disruption to Chinese businesses and deals shifted as the virus itself has moved from China to the U.S.? Scott Yu and Meg Utterback discuss the pandemic's impact on international M&A, litigation, antitrust enforcement, and U.S. regulatory action against Chinese companies
Bo Yan and Taoye Ye of Haiwen & Partners discuss CBIRC's amended rules governing the regulatory approvals of non-bank financial institutions, which lower the bar for foreign investment in national asset management companies