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. Caitlyn Li: caitlyn.li@sha.swisscham.org.

For further advice, please consult the companies listed below.

Date of Release

Source

Title

April 2020

March 2020

March 2020

March 2020

Ernst & Young

Luther Law Offices

Luther Law Offices

Fiducia Management Consultants

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

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

Personal Data Protection during COVID-19 Control and Prevention

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

July 2019

GWA

New Negative Lists For The Foreign Investment Law

July 2019

Taylor Wessing

Enterprise credit ratings and blacklisting in mainland China

July 2019

Winston & Strawn

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

June 2019

Hui Ye Law Firm

New Developments of the PRC Intl. Commercial Court

May 2018

Taylor Wessing

Chinese auto industry fully open up to foreign OEMs

May 2018

GWA Law

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

April 2018

GWA Law

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

July 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

How to Read China’s 2018 Negative List

June 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

Fraud in China: Where is Your Company Losing Money?

June 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

The Yangtze River Delta Integration Plan

April 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

The Belt & Road Initiative: How Europeans can Benefit

April 2018

Taylor Wessing

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

March 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

China Announces Sweeping Overhaul of Government Institution

March 2018

Dezan Shira & Associates

China One Window One Form to Streamline Foreign Business Registration

March 2018

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

Amendment of PRC Constitution

March 2018

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

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

February 2018

China Integrated

China’s Key Challenges and the opportunities they generate

February 2018

Baker McKenzie FenXun

China Employment Law Update

February 2018

Taylor Wessing

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

January 2018

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

December 2017

Swiss Embassy

Economic Report 2017 Swiss Embassy

December 2017

Fiducia China

China cuts import duties on 187 consumer products

November 2017

Commerzbank

China’s deleveraging: Slow but underway

November 2017

GWA

China Overlook 2017

October 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

A Complete Guide to 2017 Minimum Wage Levels Across China 

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Taylor Wessing

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

September 2017

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law

Amendments to Statute of Limitation in the New Civil Law

September 2017

Global Law Office

China’s Cybersecrurity Law Questions and Answers 

September 2017

Swiss Business Hub China

Customs AEO agreement between China and Switzerland

September 2017

Control Risks

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

August 2017

PwC

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

August 2017

Baker McKenzie

China Employment Law Update

August 2017

Global Law Office

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

July 2017

PwC

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

July 2017

Taylor Wessing

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

Summer Issue 2017

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly

June 2017

PwC

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

June 2017

Taylor Wessing

Data export controls in China: implications for digital business

June 2017

Baker McKenzie

Judicial Interpretation Clarifies Issues Concerning Personal Data Criminal Cases

June 2017

Embassy of Switzerland in P.R.C

China 2017 Economic Report

June 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

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

May 2017

PwC

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

May 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

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

May 2017

LehmanBrown

Audit of Foreign Invested Enterprises

May 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

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

May 2017

GWA

Supreme People’s Court Issues IPR Protection New Outlines

May 2017

Eiger

Anti-Money Laundering: New PRC Regulations

April 2017

GWA

Shanghai Further Open Up to Foreign Investment

April 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

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

April 2017

Dezan Shira & Associates

Changing Tastes: China’s Imported Wine Industry

April 2017

InterChina Consulting

The Auto Components Sector In China:Lessons to be learned

March 2017

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Report

March 2017

King & Wood Mallesons

Foreign Invested Banks: Opportunity or Challenge?

March 2017

Eiger

Shanghai Issues New Policy for Regional Headquarters

March 2017

Fiducia Management Consultants

China Focus: Driving Innovation in China

February 2017

China Integrated

China’s Key Challenges and the opportunities they generate

February 2017

Eiger

Compliance for MedTech in China – An Overview

February 2017

Baker McKenzie

China Employment Law Updatee

February 2017

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2016 Final Economic Report

February 2017

Taylor Wessing

Enterprises in China Allowed to Borrow More Money from Abroad

January 2017

China Integrated

What Should We Expect from China?

January 2017

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Report on Revised Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law

January 2017

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

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

January 2017

AnJie Law Firm

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

January 2017

AnJie Law Firm

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

January 2017

Eiger

China’s Cybersecurity Law: More Questions Asked than Answered

January 2017

Baker & McKenzie

China Issues Environmental Protection Tax Law

January 2017

Taylor Wessing

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

December 2016

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd

China Legal Briefing on Measures to Prevent Risks in Internet Finance

December 2016

Taylor Wessing

A More Structured World – The Birth of FIE Negative List

November 2016

King & Wood Mallesons

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

October 2016

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly

September 2016

Eiger

An Introduction to China VAT’s Reform

September 2016

Baker McKenzie

China Tax Monthly / China Employment Law Update

August 2016

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2016 Mid-Year Economic Report

August 2016

LehmanBrown International Accountants

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

August 2016

Taylor Wessing

Shaping Up – Creating a Better Legal Environment for Investment

August 2016

Fiducia Management Consultants

CHINA FOCUS Warning Signals: Fraud Diagnosing Unhealthy Accounting

August 2016

MyLink Law Office

China CFDA Finalizes Infant Formula Registration Rules

August 2016

King & Wood Mallesons

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

August 2016

King & Wood Mallesons

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

July 2016

Grant Thornton

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

July 2016

Rödl & Partner

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

July 2016

King & Wood Mallesons

Taking Immediate Action Responding to Cross-border Fraud in China

July 2016

Swiss Business Hub China

SME Export Outlook Q3 2016: SMEs striking out for China

July 2016

King & Wood Mallesons

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

May 2016

Swiss Business Hub China

Comparison Among Development Zones in China

May 2016

Fiducia Management Consultants

Upgrading your organization in China

April 2016

China Intelligence AG

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

February 2016

China Intelligence AG

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

January 2016

Commerzbank

China’s External Debt: More Pain to come?

January 2016

Commerzbank

China’s Economic Leaders have lost their Magic

January 2016

Commerzbank

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

December 2015

Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China

China 2015 Final Economic Report

December 2015

China Intelligence AG

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

November 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

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

October 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

Dispute resolution and choice of law in China-related contracts

October 2015

Mylink Law

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

October 2015

China Intelligence AG

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

September 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

Calculating liquidation losses in margin share trading accounts

August 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

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

July 2015

Swiss Business Hub

Operating Under the “New Normal” in China

July 2015

China Intelligence AG

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

July 2015

Global Law Office

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

July 2015

Westlaw.China

Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

June 2015

Laurent von Niederhaeusern

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

May 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

The E.U. – China Bilateral Investment Treaty

May 2015

Winston & Strawn Llp

The Setting Up of A Legal Entity in Hong Kong

April 2015

Swiss Business Hub

China – Legal Provisions

April 2015

Rödl & Partner

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

March 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

China Banking IT Regulation Tightened Up

March 2015

King & Wood Mallesons

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

March 2015

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

China Legal Briefing 248

March 2015

Global Law Office

Version of Industrial Catalogue for Guiding Foreign Investment

February 2015

Eiger

Variable Interest Entity Structures in China: an Updated Overview

January 2015

Swiss Business Hub

China – Business Guide

January 2015

Global Law Office

Proposed Major Changes to PRC Laws on Foreign Investment

November 2014

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

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

September 2014

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

Trade Secret Protection in China

June 2014

Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law Ltd.

Employing in your Foreign Invested Enterprise in China

May 2014

Eiger

The Pilot Free Trade Zone in Shanghai

April 2014

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

Debt Collection in China

February 2014

Eiger

Intellectual Property Enforcement in China

January 2014

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

August 2012

Eiger

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

January 2012

Eiger

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

July 2011

Wenfei Attorneys-at-law Ltd.

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

Contact Details

Commerzbank
Mr. Stefan Buchholz. Email: Stefan.Buchholz@commerzbank.com

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

Winston & Strawn Llp
Mr. Matthieu J.F. Bonnici. Email: MaBonnici@winston.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