Business and Covid-19 in China
Impact of COVID-19 on International Arbitration: Chinese arbitral institutions work to keep proceedings running
Despite uncertainties on arbitration regulations in China, the countrie´s arbitral institutions push to offer the best alternatives to adapt to the “new normal”.COVID-19: Chinese preferential policies in favor of SMEs
The Chinese central and local government have issued a series of preferential policies in order to ease the burdens of the enterprises in mainland China, in particular, the SMEs, which are affected by the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP).China approves extraordinary tax policies for coronavirus pneumonia epidemic
The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) jointly issued a series of preferential tax policies focusing on key areas and key industries of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) prevention and control (Policies), which come into effect since January 1, 2020. The SAT has prepared the Summary of the Guidelines for Preferential Tax Policies in Favor of Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia to give taxpayers a clear picture of the Policies.About the PRC Foreign Investment Law – Things Foreign Investors Should Know
On March 15th, 2019, the National People’s Congress of the PRC approved the PRC Foreign Investment Law, which will come into force on January 1st, 2020, repealing simultaneously the present foreign investment legal framework formed by the PRC Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures Law, the PRC Sino-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures Law and the PRC Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises Law and unifying the PRC foreign investment legal regime. We highlight the key influence of the Foreign Investment Law via following aspects: The Scope of Foreign Investment; Management System of Pre-establishment National Treatment and Negative List; Protection of the Intellectual Property of Foreign Investors and Foreign Invested Enterprises; Organization and Activities of the Company. Close eyes will be kept to the implementation to the new PRC foreign investment legal regime.