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Description of the Issues Involving the Land Use Fees by a Foreign-capital Enterprise

With the speeding up of inviting business and attracting foreign investment throughout the country, a growing number of foreign investors invest and build factories in China. How to use lands legally has become the focus when foreign investors invest in C... Read >

The Conditions and Procedures for Increasing and Reducing Investment by Foreign-capital Enterprises

In accordance with Chinese law, a foreign-capital enterprise within its term of business operations, having proper reasons, shall apply for downsizing production scale and adjusting the total amount of investment and registered capital to original examini... Read >

Legal Issues on External Guarantees by Exclusively Foreign-owned Enterprises

In nowadays business practices, that exclusively foreign-owned enterprises provide guarantees to foreign institutions happens all the time. The author briefly introduces and analyses these kinds of legal issues in this paper. 1. The main legal documents ... Read >

The Legal Issues Related Foreign-funded Advertising Enterprises

In recent years, the development of Chinese advertisement market has become the hot spot of the world market. Like the rapid growth of Chinese economy, China advertising market has furnished life and vigor to the worldwide market while the global economy ... Read >

Legal Remedies on Counterfeited Foreign Products

Due to the vast market and the open policy in China, more and more foreign businessmen have been entering into China's market since 1980s; they expanded in China's market and have already gained a large share. However, neither the FERRERO ROCHER which ent... Read >

China's legal environment for Foreign-Owned Enterprises

As we know, legal environment plays an important role for investment environment, and is also a necessary factor of attracting potential foreign investors. In this case, it has become an essential indicator for improving investment environment in China. S... Read >

Special Provisions on Foreign-related Civil and Commercial Cases

With the deepening of China's reform and opening up, economic intercourse with foreigners are increasingly frequent; however, conflicts and disputes involved in foreign trade are also increasing gradually. This article aims to introduce some special provi... Read >

Performa Invoice and Commercial Invoice

Many foreign investors get confused by different invoices at their early stage in China market. The invoice, printed and issued by a company is the so called"Performa Invoice"while the official invoice printed by Chinese tax authorities is call"Fapiao"in ... Read >

Set up a Rep. Office in Beijing-- why and how

I. Expenses for setting up a Rep. Office in Beijing: 1. Official Registration Fee: around 2000 RMB in total 2. Office Rent: around 3-14 RMB/ m2 / day for an office in "office building for aliens" of CBD area 3. Salary: average local salary 3000 R... Read >

Cross-border stock-for-stock M & A

The system of cross-border stock-for-stock M & A was established for the first time through the implementation of "the Provisions on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors" (here after called "Provisions on Mergers and Acqui... Read >

Advice on Investing in China

First of all, it is very important to make it clear that for what reason you are planning to enter into the Chinese market. There are some points to be considered: 1.for using the raw materials with lower prices in China; 2.for the potential sales ch... Read >

Handling of Taxation in Equity Transfer of Foreign-invested Enterprises

With the deepening of China's reform and opening, as well as the maturing of China's market economy, the transfer of shares also frequently occurs to enterprises, many of which are foreign-invested enterprises. Therefore, foreign-funded enterprises consta... Read >

Juristic determination of Well-known Trademark

Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law to the Trial of Cases of Civil Disputes over the Protection of Well-known Trademark began to implement since May 1st, 2009. The judicial interpretations will... Read >

Protection for the Rights & Interests of Dormant Shareholders

The form of dormant investment is quiet frequent now in economic life, which is beneficial to gather the idle funds for social production, resolving the operator's pressure for fund demand, and promoting economic development. At the same time, however, th... Read >

A Brief Analysis on the Process of the Floating Stock Transfer of Listed Companies

Floating stock of listed companies refers to the shares which can be transferred freely on the market. Actually, such kind of stock transfer is not confined in securities exchange system, moreover，transferring the floating shares through signing the sto... Read >