The Shanghai Stock Exchange Center published the new standards to meet the financing needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These standards are related to the listing on the OTC market, which was created to help the development of these enterprises....

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In March, the authorities initiated a Pilot project for the Pudong area in Shanghai, the “One Window Service”, concerning the Establishment and Change of Registration of Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs). This initiative applies to FIEs in the “encouraged”...

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For a merger and acquisition operation (M&A), the due diligence process is one of the most important parts, if not the most important. In the timeline of an M&A operation, this step comes after the signing of the letter of intent, and should be conducted...

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Last month, the State Council issued the Circular 14, with many measures to boost merger and acquisition (M&A) operations, in order to encourage enterprises to get bigger and stronger through M&A. As such, new tax measures related to M&A have been implemented....

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Sometimes, cultural differences bring difficulties in doing business in China. One of the big differences out there is the approach to contract. As this is a basis of any business relation let us explain how Western and Chinese visions of a contract differ,...

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The new Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) offers attractive opportunities for foreign investors to establish a company there. And according to the numbers, a lot of them already have. The lower requirements and less restrictive approval procedures played...

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We will hereby go over some of the recent changes made to the Registration Administration System of Foreign Invested Enterprises. First, let me state that this article is complementary to the previous article “Major improvements for FIEs registration...

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It looks like China is gone hunting lately. What I mean that it is strengthening its enforcement efficiency. Two recent sets of examples brought me to this statement. First, the release of the “Opinions on Some Issues concerning the Application of Law...

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The Shanghai Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange has issued a Circular with new measures to create a better environment for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) to conduct cross-border trading and...

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