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The new era of foreign investment in China: insights on FIL reforms and other business trends

In 1978, China opened the door to foreign investment through the Reform and Opening Up policy initiated by Deng Xiaoping. Since then, during the last 40 years of robust economic growth in China, foreign investment policies attaching foreign capital has played an essential and unique role in the modernisation and advancement of China.

Currently, we see foreign
investment in China is moving into a new
stage. In light of the recent advances in the economic landscape, both in China
and abroad, China faces […]

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AUCL: Understanding China’s anti-unfair competition law and its impact on your business

In the market environment, businesses often compete against one another to offer quality services and goods to be consumed. Healthy competition can incentivise businesses to create distinctive services and goods to obtain consumer loyalty, which, overall, may assist in market and economic development. However, dishonest and fraudulent competition in trade and commerce can economically harm both consumers and businesses. In particular, deceitful trade and commerce practices including imitation, false advertisement, commercial disparagement and misappropriation are deemed unfair competition and may […]

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China business: protecting your corporate rights as a shareholder

On 28 April 2019, the Supreme People’s Court promulgated the Provisions on Several Issues concerning the Application of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China V (“The Provisions”). Containing six provisions, The Provisions pave the way to further steps in protecting the corporate rights of shareholders and encourages dispute resolution between shareholders without dissolving the invested company. 

Shareholders providing capital contributions under the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Company Law”) are the highest governing authority in […]

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