A new announcement of the State Administration of Taxation has recently taken effect. It simplifies the procedures related to value-added tax (VAT) invoices, including the procedure for the approval or loss of special VAT invoices. The former method of...

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Today, let us have a look at the main new features in Tax Law as of March 2014 First, the list of services which are subject to VAT at 0% because of the policy of VAT refund to tax payers for exportation of certain services has been expanded. International...

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The environmental laws of China have been improving throughout the last years. Today, it has become a major element to take into account, and no foreign investor should underestimate the importance to comply with them when conducting their operations....

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The New Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) brings out a significant number of improvements in the field of cross-border investment. Historically heavily regulated in China, cross-border investments know an important deregulation effort in the FTZ. Let...

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One of the main objectives of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is the further opening up of the service sector to foreign investors. Let us look at two specific examples that could be of interest for foreign investors : telecommunication and shipping....

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To assess damages in Intellectual Property cases is always a difficult task, whatever the country. Let us compare the methods used in China and France today. The main regulation for this topic in China Law is the article 65 of China's Patent Law, specifically...

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Being the legal representative of a Company always comes with legal risks. China is no exception. The Anti-Monopoly Law, Civil Law and Company Law provide us with details on this situation. First, let us remind of what a legal representative is : under...

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Let us this time deal with general considerations, in order not to get wrong methods when you start doing business with China. First, assume that what you think you recognize here is similar only at first glance. The culture, even if it gives the impression...

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