The Foreign Investment Law Series is written by Mr. Xiaodong Dai (戴晓东), associate at King & Wood Mallesons Beijing Office.
Sat, 27 Jun 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
Existing foreign-funded enterprises can keep their original organizational structures within five years (transitional period) from 1 Jan. 2020. Here's how foreign investors should modify the constitutional documents of the invested enterprises.
Sun, 31 May 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
Judges of China's Supreme Court introduced the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the PRC Foreign Investment Law (关于适用外商投资法若干问题的解释).
Thu, 21 May 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
For foreign investment in education, China still maintains a cautious approach towards the initial entrance stage and sets different investment restrictions for different educational institutions.
Wed, 06 May 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
The Foreign Investment Law sets aside the issue of VIE structures, but leaves a possibility for the VIE with a catch-all clause.
Fri, 17 Apr 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
Foreign investors cannot invest in industries covered by the Negative List, which is further shortened in its latest 2019 edition.
Sun, 05 Apr 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
As to the foreign investment administrative mode, China is establishing a ''Pre-establishment National Treatment + Negative List'' to replace the previous ''Positive List".
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
With changes to the mechanism of enterprise operation and management, the new Legislation demonstrates an optimized and more accessible protection mechanism for foreign investment.
Sun, 16 Feb 2020 Insights Xiaodong Dai 戴晓东
The new Legislation brings changes to the forms of regulated foreign investment, the foreign investment regulatory framework and the legitimacy of the VIE structure.