Blog Z&amp;H Law Firm Shanghai (www.zhaochenlaw.com)

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....

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...

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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The right approach

Published on March 4 2014

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...

The latest revision of the Chinese Company Law will come into effect on March the 1st of 2014. It is of particular importance since a communication of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce in November 2013 that confirmed that the Foreign Invested...

The last PRC-France double tax avoidance agreement had been signed in 1984 ; and has now been replaced by the most recent one, dated from 26 November 2013. The agreement provides for lower levels of dividend withholding tax ; also provides more precise...

The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) recently released a set of Tentative Provisions, in order to detail the application of the new summary procedure for cases of concentration of business operators. The cases involving the following elements will be excluded...

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Notice 87

Published on February 18 2014

At the beginning of the year, the Notice 87 (Notice on Issues Relating to Renminbi Foreign Direct Investment) took effect. It is an initiative from the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") and the People's Bank of China to vary the legitimate channels for...

Chinese authorities have passed a series of Opinions aiming at improving the financial support for innovations with a scientific nature. The People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the China...

In early 2013, the People's Court of Xiamen Siming District (Southeast China), gave a judgment on a criminal case registered trademark infringement caused by the manufacture and sell of counterfeit foreign wines in China. The four people involved were...