The China Newsletter provides an overview of key developments in areas including foreign direct investment, intellectual property, dispute resolution, consumer rights and tax legislation. This issue features the following articles:
Foreign Direct Investment
- MOC Publishes Draft of the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China
- NDRC Releases Notice Eliminating Enterprise Operation Autonomy Matters As the Pre-Conditions for Enterprise Investment Project Approvals
- NDRC and MOC Promulgates Revised Foreign Investment Industry Guidance Catalogue
- MIIT Removes Foreign Equity Ratio Restrictions for Online Data Processing and Transaction Processing Business
Intellectual Property
- Supreme People's Court Revises Several Provisions on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Adjudication of Patent Dispute Cases
- Supreme People's Court Interprets Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Adjudication of Requests for Behavior Preservation in Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Disputes
Dispute Resolution
- SPC Issues Judicial Interpretation on Civil Procedure Law
- SPC Releases Provisions on Issues Concerning the Hearing of Cases by Circuit Courts
Consumer Rights
- SAIC Publishes the Measures for the Punishment of Conduct Infringing the Rights and Interests of Consumers
- Supreme People’s Court Announces the Provisions on Jurisdiction in Cases of the Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Intellectual Property Courts
Tax
- SAT Releases Trial Administrative Measures on Individual Income Tax on Income from Equity Transfer
- Chinese State Administration of Taxation Issues Circular on Several Issues Concerning Enterprise Income Tax from Indirect Transfer of Property by Non-Resident Enterprises
- China Issues Notice on Several Issues Concerning Enterprise Income Tax Generated by Contribution of Non-Cash Assets as Equity
Foreign Exchange
- SAFE Releases Circular on the Pilot Operation of the Cross-border Foreign Exchange Payment Business for Payment Institutions
- SAFE Issues Notice Concerning Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration on Inbound and Outbound Direct Investment
Anti-Monopoly
- MOC Releases the Trial Provisions on Imposing Restrictive Conditions on the Concentration of Business Operators
Miscellaneous
- CBRC Releases Draft of Administrative Measures for Entrusted Loans Undertaken by Commercial Banks