Below, publications, articles and papers written by law firms and consultancies offer a general overview of China’s legal and investment environment. To have your own research published, please contact Ms. Nini Qi: nini.qi@sha.swisscham.org.

For further advice, please consult the companies listed below.

Sinolytics

Cybersecurity Compliance in China

Kellerhals Carrard

The New Benefits for Foreign-funded RD Centers in Shanghai

CMS, China

Upcoming Challenges for HR Management in 2021

JunZeJun

How can companies reduce operating risks through insurance in an era of post-pandemic?

CMS, China

SPC Issues Judicial Interpretation of Evidence in Civil Intellectual Property Lawsuits

CMS, China

Highlights on Veterinary Pharmacopoeia (2020 Edition)

CMS, China

An Overview of Cash Pooling in China

CMS, China

PRC Supreme People’s Court Issues Draft of Interpretations Applicable to Security-related Parts of the Civil Code

CMS, China

CMS, China Guide on Restructuring

CMS, China

CMS, China Guide on New PRC Civil Code

CMS, China

Overview on the Guidelines for the Application of Leniency Program in Horizontal Monopoly Agreement Cases

CMS, China

Overview on the Guidelines on Anti-Monopoly Compliance for Undertakings

CMS, China

SPC Promulgated Opinions on Intensifying the Punishment for Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

CMS, China

An Overview on the Antitrust Guideline for the Automobile Industry

CMS, China

Overview on the Newly Amended Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste

Shanghai Linie Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd.

China’s new law on sales contracts – what changes on January 1, 2021

JunZeJun Law Offices

Deserving Companies’ Attention in Mortgaging Activities in the Forthcoming Era of the Civil Code

CMS, China

China Introduces New Negative List 2020 and New FTZ Negative List 2020

CMS, China

Judging Criteria for Trademark Infringements

Luther Law Offices

Impact of Force Majeure on Civil and Commercial Litigations and Arbitrations – Taking the COVID-19 Outbreak as an Example

Ernst & Young

Top ten issues for directors of commercial banks amid COVID-19

Luther Law Offices

Application of Force Majeure and Change of Circumstances Rules in the Context of COVID-19

Luther Law Offices

Personal Data Protection during COVID-19 Control and Prevention

Fiducia Management Consultants

The Corporate Social Credit System in China

EMBASSY OF SWITZERLAND IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

China Economic Report 2019 Swiss Embassy

S-GE

China further opens up more Sectors to Foreign Investment

S-GE

China’s New Foreign Investment Law

Harris Bricken

Five Tips for Protecting Your IP from China

GWA

New Negative Lists For The Foreign Investment Law

Taylor Wessing

Enterprise credit ratings and blacklisting in mainland China

Winston & Strawn

CBIRC Announces New Reforms Aimed at Further Opening China’s Insurance

Hui Ye Law Firm

New Developments of the PRC Intl. Commercial Court

Taylor Wessing

Chinese auto industry fully open up to foreign OEMs

GWA Law

Legal and Tax implications of relocating a business cases and practical experiences

GWA Law

Analysis of the Chinese Economy trends Comparison with EU and ASEAN countries

Dezan Shira & Associates

How to Read China’s 2018 Negative List

Dezan Shira & Associates

Fraud in China: Where is Your Company Losing Money?

Dezan Shira & Associates

The Yangtze River Delta Integration Plan

Dezan Shira & Associates

The Belt & Road Initiative: How Europeans can Benefit

Taylor Wessing

SMRA’s Pilot Reform – Company Name Pre-Registration Abolished in Many Cases

Dezan Shira & Associates

China Announces Sweeping Overhaul of Government Institution

Dezan Shira & Associates

China One Window One Form to Streamline Foreign Business Registration

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

Amendment of PRC Constitution

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

Regulatory Treatment of Initial Coin Offerings in Switzerland and China – An Overview

China Integrated

China’s Key Challenges and the opportunities they generate

Baker McKenzie FenXun

China Employment Law Update

Taylor Wessing

China’s State Council Further Separates Operating Licences from Business Licenses in Shanghai Pudong

Taylor Wessing

State Council Update Its Rules on Treatment of Foreign Investment in FTZs
The New Anti-Unfair Competition Law – a new era of curbing commercial bribery in China?
New PRC Environmental Protection Tax: Don’t take a wait and see approach!
Latest Trends of China Overseas Direct Investment Regulations

Swiss Embassy

Economic Report 2017 Swiss Embassy

Fiducia China

China cuts import duties on 187 consumer products

Commerzbank

China’s deleveraging: Slow but underway

GWA

China Overlook 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

A Complete Guide to 2017 Minimum Wage Levels Across China 

Taylor Wessing

Update – A, B, or C-Expat under the new pilot regulations? – Important changes to Chinese immigration rules 

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

Amendments to Statute of Limitation in the New Civil Law

Global Law Office

China’s Cybersecrurity Law Questions and Answers 

Swiss Business Hub China

Customs AEO agreement between China and Switzerland

Control Risks

SMALL, SCATTERED, MESSY AND POLLUTING: How China’s environmental enforcement is disrupting supply chains

PwC

Looking into the 22 Measures to attract foreign investment, what aspects of business environment for foreign investment in China are improved?  

Baker McKenzie

China Employment Law Update

Global Law Office

Notice of the State Council on Several Measures for Promoting the Growth of Foreign Investment

PwC

Pudong released the measures of financial subsidy during the 13th five-year period aiming to accelerate headquarters economy, industry growth and talent innovation

Taylor Wessing

Update – From July 28, 2017: Opening the Market? China’s 2017 Negative List for Foreign Investment

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly

PwC

A new landscape of China’s tax treaties: China signs the Multilateral Convention and reveals her positions

Taylor Wessing

Data export controls in China: implications for digital business

Baker McKenzie

Judicial Interpretation Clarifies Issues Concerning Personal Data Criminal Cases

Embassy of Switzerland in P.R.C

China 2017 Economic Report

Dezan Shira & Associates

China’s New Cybersecurity Law: Clarifications, Implementation Delay Announced

PwC

Thousand Groups project in progress – Further collaboration between the Chinese tax authorities and enterprises

Dezan Shira & Associates

Company Chops in China: What Are They and How to Use Them

LehmanBrown

Audit of Foreign Invested Enterprises

Dezan Shira & Associates

China Regulatory Brief: 2017 Legislation Plan Released, More Certificates to be Consolidated

GWA

Supreme People’s Court Issues IPR Protection New Outlines

Eiger

Anti-Money Laundering: New PRC Regulations

GWA

Shanghai Further Open Up to Foreign Investment

Dezan Shira & Associates

Shanghai Becomes First City in Mainland China to Grant Foreign Domestic Workers Residency

Dezan Shira & Associates

Changing Tastes: China’s Imported Wine Industry

InterChina Consulting

The Auto Components Sector In China:Lessons to be learned

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Report

King & Wood Mallesons

Foreign Invested Banks: Opportunity or Challenge?

Eiger

Shanghai Issues New Policy for Regional Headquarters

Fiducia Management Consultants

China Focus: Driving Innovation in China

China Integrated

China’s Key Challenges and the opportunities they generate

Eiger

Compliance for MedTech in China – An Overview

Baker McKenzie

China Employment Law Updatee

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2016 Final Economic Report

Taylor Wessing

Enterprises in China Allowed to Borrow More Money from Abroad

China Integrated

What Should We Expect from China?

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Report on Revised Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Briefing on Legal Briefing on Construction Projects and Environmental Implication

AnJie Law Firm

A Review of China’s Reform to FDI Administration Refime in 2016

AnJie Law Firm

China Purports to Adopt New Measues to Boost Foreign Investment in 2017

Eiger

China’s Cybersecurity Law: More Questions Asked than Answered

Baker & McKenzie

China Issues Environmental Protection Tax Law

Taylor Wessing

Deepening Reforms: China’s New Catalogue of Investment Projects Subject to Governmental Examination and Approval Issued

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Briefing on Measures to Prevent Risks in Internet Finance

Taylor Wessing

A More Structured World – The Birth of FIE Negative List

King & Wood Mallesons

China to Classify Foreign Job Seekers into A, B and C Grade

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly

Eiger

An Introduction to China VAT’s Reform

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly / China Employment Law Update

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2016 Mid-Year Economic Report

LehmanBrown International Accountants

Investing in China’s FTZ – A Guide for Foreign Invested Entreprises

Taylor Wessing

Shaping Up – Creating a Better Legal Environment for Investment

Fiducia Management Consultants

CHINA FOCUS Warning Signals: Fraud Diagnosing Unhealthy Accounting

MyLink Law Office

China CFDA Finalizes Infant Formula Registration Rules

King & Wood Mallesons

Where to – The “New Normal” and the Impact on China’s outbound investment in Africa

King & Wood Mallesons

What has been “Changed” and “Unchanged” for the Foreign Investments in Online Publishing

Grant Thornton

China Transfer Pricing Update – English
中国转让定价快讯 – Chinese

Rödl & Partner

Broadening Horizons – China Newsletter June 2016: News on Law, Tax & Business

King & Wood Mallesons

Taking Immediate Action Responding to Cross-border Fraud in China

Swiss Business Hub China

SME Export Outlook Q3 2016: SMEs striking out for China

King & Wood Mallesons

“Keep Calm and Carry On” – Keeping up with China’s Changing Rules Cross-border E-commerce

Swiss Business Hub China

Comparison Among Development Zones in China

Fiducia Management Consultants

Upgrading your organization in China

China Intelligence AG

Putting a higher priority on growth, rather than reforms – an understandable but dangerous policy
Deleveraging? Ming tian, tomorrow!

China Intelligence AG

The monthly Dragon: Official figures point to China growing more than the size of Switzerland in 2015

Commerzbank

China’s External Debt: More Pain to come?

Commerzbank

China’s Economic Leaders have lost their Magic

Commerzbank

China’s Corporate Debt – The Elephant in the Room?

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2015 Final Economic Report

China Intelligence AG

The monthly Dragon: China was embraced by major Western financial institutions

King & Wood Mallesons

Foreign Investment Regulation Amendments by the Ministry of Commerce 2015 No. 2

King & Wood Mallesons

Dispute resolution and choice of law in China-related contracts

Mylink Law

Several Typical Fee Items subject to Customs Duty in Equipment Import Contract

China Intelligence AG

The quarterly Dragon: SOEs: the low-hanging fruit in China’s economic reform process?

King & Wood Mallesons

Calculating liquidation losses in margin share trading accounts

King & Wood Mallesons

Who will be affected by the new regulation of banking security?

Swiss Business Hub

Operating Under the “New Normal” in China

China Intelligence AG

The quarterly Dragon: Will the China equity rally continue? Yes, it may very well do so.

Global Law Office

The New Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

Westlaw.China

Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

Laurent von Niederhaeusern

The termination of the working contract from an employer perspective in the Chinese Law (French)

King & Wood Mallesons

The E.U. – China Bilateral Investment Treaty

Winston & Strawn Llp

The Setting Up of A Legal Entity in Hong Kong

Swiss Business Hub

China – Legal Provisions

Rödl & Partner

Good on paper, Good in Practice? Glance at the Environmental Protection Law of China

King & Wood Mallesons

China Banking IT Regulation Tightened Up

King & Wood Mallesons

Chinese Tax Authorities will recently commence tax cleaning-up activities targeting incomes of QFIIs/RQFIIs

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

China Legal Briefing 248

Global Law Office

Version of Industrial Catalogue for Guiding Foreign Investment

Eiger

Variable Interest Entity Structures in China: an Updated Overview

Swiss Business Hub

China – Business Guide

Global Law Office

Proposed Major Changes to PRC Laws on Foreign Investment

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

China Anti-Monopoly Law
Swiss Investment Report: New Swiss Restructuring Law

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

Trade Secret Protection in China

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

Employing in your Foreign Invested Enterprise in China

Eiger

The Pilot Free Trade Zone in Shanghai

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

Debt Collection in China

Eiger

Intellectual Property Enforcement in China

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Eiger

DTA Hong Kong – Switzerland: Inputs and Comments by Eiger Law

Eiger

Tax Planning: International Asia-Pacific Focus: International Information for International Business

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

Banking in China and Switzerland – A legal comparison of associations, supervisions, secrecy, and anti-money laundering

Contact Details

Sinolytics
Ms. Camille Boullenois. Email: Camille.boullenois@sinolytics.de
Ms. Tiffany Wong. Email: Tiffany.wong@sinolytics.de
Dr. Jost Wübbeke. Email: Jost.wubbeke@sinolytics.de
Mr. Markus Herrmann Chen. Email: Markus.herrmann@sinolytics.ch

Dezan Shira & Associates
Ms. Cindy Zhang. Email: cindy.zhang@dezshira.com

GWA
Mr. Giovanni Pisacane. Email: gp@gwa-asia.com

Luther Law Offices

Ms. Feng Wang. Email: wangfeng@cn.luther-lawfirm.com

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.
Mr. Samuel Baumgartner. Email: samuel.baumgartner@wenfei.com

King & Wood Mallesons
Mrs. Qing Lu. Email: luqing@cn.kwm.com
Mr. Yang Chao. Email: yangchao@cn.kwm.com
Mr. Chen Yun (Robert). Email: chenyun@cn.kwm.com

Rödl & Partner
Mrs. Jiaojiao Shi. Email: jiaojiao.shi@roedl.pro
Mr. Sebastian Wiendieck. Email: sebastian.wiendieck@roedl.pro

Eiger
Mr. Xu Tian. Email: xu.tian@eigerlaw.com

ChinaIntelligence AG
Mr. Joachim Rudolf. Email: jr@chinaintelligence.com

MyLink Law Office
Mr. Erex Chen. Email: erexchen@mylinklaw.com

Global Law Office
Mr. Christoph Koeppel. Email: c.koeppel@glo.com.cn

Westlaw.China
Mr. Christoph Koeppel. Email: c.koeppel@glo.com.cn

S-GE / Swiss Business Hub
Mr. Leo Peng. E-mail: ligang.peng@eda.admin.ch

Fiducia Management Consultants
Mrs. Peg Yoc HUI. Email: phui@fiducia-china.com
Mrs. Jana Dawes. Email: jdawes@fiducia-china.com

Grant Thornton
Mrs. Rose Zhou. Email: rose.zhou@cn.gt.com
Mr. Richard Bao. Email: richard.bao@cn.gt.com
Mrs. Julie Zhang. Email:julie.zhang@cn.gt.com

Taylor Wessing
Mrs. Linda Yan. Email: l.yan@taylorwessing.com

LehmanBrown International Accountants
Mr. Kiran Patel. Email: kiranpatel@lehmanbrown.com

Baker McKenzie
Ms. Hellen Zeng. Email: hellen.zeng@bakermckenzie.com
Ms. Zheng Lu. Email: Zheng.Lu@bakermckenzie.com

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China
Mr. Yves Reymond. Email: yves.reymond@eda.admin.ch

InterChina Consulting
Mr. Jan Borgonjon. Email: Jan.Borgonjon@InterChinaConsulting.com
Mr. Eduardo Morcillo. Email: Eduardo.Morcillo@InterChinaPartners.com

Control Risks
Mrs. Julia Coym. Email: julia.coym@controlrisks.com

PWC
Mr. Patrick Pan. Email:patrick.pan@cn.pwc.com

CMS Legal

Ms. Maggie Zhu. Email: Maggie.Zhu@cmslegal.cn