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INTRODUCTION The Two Sessions refer to the two annual meetings held by the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC). The CPPCC is an organization…

INTRODUCTION On 24 June 2020, China’s State Council released updated versions of the Negative List for Foreign Investment and the Negative List for Foreign Investment for China’s Pilot Free Trade…

Per 1 January 2020 China’s new Foreign Investment Law entered into effect, replacing the 1979 Law on Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures, the 1986 Law on Wholly-Foreign-Owned Enterprises and the 1988…

INTRODUCTION China has implemented a structured rule-based investment management system. To manage the inflow and structuring of foreign investments, China operates multiple foreign Investment Negative Lists and Encouraged Lists, which…

INTRODUCTION In recent years China has evaluated its existing foreign investment policies and developed and implemented a structured rule-based investment management system. The new Foreign Investment Law which came into…