OUR INSIGHTS • China Briefing 2016 Highlights Key Regulatory Updates and Effective Risk Management Approach TAX • Provisions on Collection of VAT in Lieu of Business Tax CORPORATE ADVISORY • Clarification of Regulatory Change to Foreign-invested Enterprises’ Registration Process • China Issues Catalogue of Services to be Imported HUMAN RESOURCES • Benchmark […]
As anyone who knows remotely anything about China can tell you, let alone anyone who has lived or is currently living in China, interest in teaching English in China by native (or not) English speakers has grown exponentially as China’s economy has exploded over the past several decades. There were over 300,000 English language schools […]
What’s new? On September 3 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the Peoples’ Republic of China (NPC) adopted the amendments which modified the rules relating to the establishment and alterations of the foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs). Are considered FIEs: equity joint ventures (EJV), cooperative joint ventures (CJV), wholly-owned foreign enterprises (WFOE). The […]
Doing business in China opens up unlimited possibilities for business growth. It also exposes the unprepared investor to significant risks. Our years of experience helping countless ventures to get off the ground and succeed in China led us to develop the following rough checklist for businesses considering start-up or expansion in China. Overall, of course, […]
OUR INSIGHTS Application for Special Working Hour Scheme An increasing number of corporates in China are applying for a Special Working Hour Scheme nowadays. What is it and why do they apply for it? What challenges do they face during application for this scheme? We will examine these issues in detail here. Types of Working […]
OUR INSIGHTS • New Value-added Tax Regime in China — Impact on Representative Offices TAX • Updates to Reporting and Administrative Requirements CORPORATE ADVISORY • Promulgation of Asset Evaluation Law • SAIC Issues Opinions on Reformation of Trademark Registration HUMAN RESOURCES • New Retirement Postponement Policy • Government Rates Enterprises’ Labour Security […]
Representative offices (ROs) are normally set up in China under three circumstances: A foreign company sets up an RO to promote its products and services overseas and establish networking relationships with Chinese businesses. Law firms — An RO is the only business entity form in which a law firm is allowed to adopt […]
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mdp and fellow IR member Liuming International, Beijing, recently presented a special breakfastseminar to clients in Melbourne entitled: “Positioning for success in China: Creating valuable intellectual property assets”. mdp Senior Associate Alana Long was joined by Wei Xin and Graham Brown (founders of LiumingInternational) to deliver an exclusive insight into what it takes to ‘get […]
To ensure its future development, China is pushing a new phase of reformswhich will require even faster changes to its business framework. One key aspect ofthe reforms will serve to encourage domestic consumption and promote privateinvestments from both Chinese and foreign companies, to maintain growth whilekeeping government debt in check. Other aspects include the simplification […]
Mr. Winston Jin, the chief partner of Fangben Law Office, attended a seminar related to “One Belt, One Road” on November 6, 2015, and delivered a speech from the perspective of broadly-defined intellectual property. Fangben
Fangben Law Offices provided legal services in the course of a new company establishment for a Swiss client, and was invited to its opening ceremony at the end of November, where the Consul from Swiss Consulate Shanghai was present. Fangben