Lehman, Lee & Xu Beijing , China –November 13, 2010 The Administrative Measures for Foreign Enterprises and Individuals to Establish Partnership Enterprises in China (the “Measures”), promulgated by China’s State Council on December 2, 2009, became effective on March 1, 2010. Pursuant to the Measures, non-Chinese enterprises and individuals can now be partners of a …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU According to report from China Daily, twenty-one banks agreed in Shanghai on Saturday, September 27 , 2010, to sell loans on China’s interbank market after the government allowed the transactions for the first time. The global financial crisis showed the inefficiency of risk management, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said …
The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has recently issued the Measures for Administration of Professional Risk Fund of Registered Tax Agent Firms to be effective as of 1 October 2010. The Measures require registered tax agent firms to allocate and use a professional Risk Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Measures, specifying that …
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LEHMAN LEE&XU The Ministry of Finance published the Circular about Relevant Tax Issues of the Insurance Coverage Fund on Sep.6 2010 presents as follows: (a) Insurance Coverage Fund Corporations can be exempted from business income taxes and the scope of the exemption includes: insurance protection funds paid by domestic insurance companies by law; income from …
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LEHMAN LEE&XU Since the sale of assets by lessees in finance leaseback became the new favorite of listed companies, the tax preference is given by State Administration of Taxation recently. On September 8 issued an announcement related to the sale of assets by lessees in finance leaseback by the State Administration of Taxation, which focuses …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU The Ministry of Finance has recently published a notice to clarify policies on business tax and enterprise income tax in direct aviation between the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan. According to this new rule, from 25 June 2009, incomes of Taiwan airline companies received in the Chinese Mainland from their direct aviation …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU With the success of two summits, the 3rd Anti-Corruption Compliance in China Summit 2011 will be held on March 2-4, 2011 in Beijing, China. In July 2010, the U.S. government signed the Dodd-Frank Act into practice with a new whistleblower program that rewards individuals who assist SEC to uncover securities violations, …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU Introduction Arbitration has always been popular in China, fitting as it does with Confucian values and in particular with the belief that a formal dispute breaches the fundamental principle of business arrangements – that both parties should find a benefit. Given concerns over the difficulties of navigating the People’s Republic of …
LEHMAN, LEE & XU Recently the “ Draft Amendments to the Rules on Administrative Enforcement of Patent Rights (Consultative Draft) ” was issued by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) to seek for opinions. The Draft Amendments specify the patent authorities’ administrative enforcement of patent rights, including handling disputes over patent infringements, arbitration of disputes …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU The Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and two other central authorities have jointly promulgated the “Notice on Strengthening the Administration of Financing by Pledging Intellectual Property Rights and Appraisal to Support the Development of Small …
