Foreign investors are granted direct access to China’s capital markets through the so called QFII program, which covers A shares and bonds, and the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors program. The RQFII program enables overseas units of Chinese asset-management companies to invest in yuan-denominated bonds. Substantially the QFII scheme represents China efforts to allow, on …
In the past I have examined and explained how the legal framework concerning M&A is organized here in China, but I never mentioned what is the situation of the Chinese outward foreign direct investment in the form of M&A. So, today this entry is dedicated to this important theme. In fact it is necessary to …
As reported in an article on the Library of Congress website ( http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/ ), on May 20, 2013, entitled, “China, New Visa System Proposed, Public Opinion Being Solicited”, author Laney Zhang reports: “On May 3, 2013, China’s State Council published the Regulations on the Administration of the Entry and Exit of Aliens (Draft for Comments) (hereinafter …
Yesterday I exposed the content of the new (draft) Regulations of the State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”) governing employment inventions (available at : New Draft of Service Inventor Remuneration Regulations Open for Public Comment ). Today I would like to complete the theme about the importance of building an IP portfolio in China examining some other …
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Today this entry is about the importance of building an IP portfolio in China. In fact legal protection of intellectual property (IP) is of extreme importance when doing business in China. This legal protection is provided by four mechanisms, namely: 1) patents (both utility and design), 2) trademarks, 3) copyrights, and, 4) trade secrets. To …
As just yesterday I talked about the new initiative by the Chinese legislator to simplify the rules ( http://blawg.lehmanlaw.com/wordpress/?p=1821 ) for the realization of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), today I would like to spend a few words about the impact of the appreciation of the yuan (also known as RMB) on FDI. First, let me …
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It seems that automakers in Detroit are garnering growing interest from investors and a variety of companies from China. What is drawing Chinese interest to Detroit? Well, the New York Times posted an article on their website ( http://www.nytimes.com ) on May 12, 2013 by Bill Vlasic which throws some headlights on the subject. Mr. …
Today with this entry I would like to present briefly the new initiative by the Chinese legislator in order to simplify the rules for the realization of foreign investments in China. Substantially China is trying to reduce bureaucracy in order to render more attractive its investment environment to foreign investors. (Some interesting data on FDI …
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Having analyzed almost every aspects of the ADR system in China now in order to complete the description it is necessary to spend some words on the most well known institution for Arbitration in China, namely the CIETAC ( China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission , http://www.cietac.org/index.cms ). Introduction In China the most important …
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The times they are a changing within the pool of available workers in China, and women are rising to the top. An article posted on the “Economist” website ( http://www.economist.com ) entitled simply, “Girl power”, on June 19, 2013, details what is happening in Chinese factories today. The article reports: “SITTING around a restaurant table, …
