No Chinese companies have successfully listed overseas due to tight scrutiny from domestic regulators; A Beijing company succeeds in making a SCC filing for the cross-border transfer of data; and China announces measures to open up free trade zones in order to lure back foreign investors.
In the light of important new guidelines to be followed when filing the standard overseas personal information transfer contract, Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng analyses the key learning points and looks at how companies may apply this in practice
The U.S. government is debating whether to renew the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement; AstraZeneca plans to break up its business in China and list it separately in Hong Kong; the Italian government applies Golden Power regulations to limit the influence of China's Sinochem on tyremaker Pirelli
China's data security laws lead to increasing costs for firms; CFIUS clarifies rules regarding the "completion date" for filing and requests for information from foreign investors; fewer firms are choosing Hong Kong for international arbitration due to the National Security Law
Chinese tech entrepreneurs are considering moving out of China in order to overcome U.S. tech restrictions; Hong Kong publishes guidelines for virtual asset operators and the licensing process; and China's proposal to impose restrictions on private securities funds causes controversy.
A number of important changes will be brought about by newly amended regulations on commercial cryptography. Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng takes a closer look
British firms in China are concerned about the way China introduces new regulations and the vagueness of its laws; the European Union introduces additional product safety-related requirements for businesses selling products online to domestic consumers; Hong Kong seeks to allow offerors and their concert parties to vote in a shareholders' meeting regarding a firm's privatization.
