The Foreign Investment Law Series is written by Mr. Xiaodong Dai (戴曉東), associate at King & Wood Mallesons Beijing Office.
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2025, China's Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the first batch of foreign investment protection cases to uphold investor rights and enforce fair treatment under the Foreign Investment Law.
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2024, Beijing released China's first bilingual guide for foreign investors, simplifying registration procedures and enhancing transparency to foster a business-friendly environment.
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2024, China's State Council released an action plan, outlining 24 measures to attract foreign investment, focusing on expanding market access and enhancing investment liberalization.
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, the “2022 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment” was released, showing that in the year of 2022, China's overseas investment reached 47,000 enterprises, contributing USD 75 billion in taxes and achieving USD 3.5 trillion in sales revenue.
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2023, the State Council of China introduced a new policy aiming to attract foreign investment by offering incentives for research and development centers, clinical trials, fair treatment, and data security for foreign-funded enterprises in China.
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2023, China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology issued “Several Measures for Further Encouraging Foreign Investment in Establishing Research and Development (R&D) Centers”.
Sun, 06 Jun 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Liu Qiang 劉強
Foreign investors can request the court to confirm their shareholder status, as shown in Carson Junping Cheng v. Shanghai Niuxinda Import & Export Co., Ltd.(2020), addressing a typical need after China’s Foreign Investment Law lifts certain restrictions.
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 Insights Dr. Stephan M. Ebner
German investors benefit from the new Chinese Foreign Investment Law.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 31 Dec., China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the “Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access to Hainan Free Trade Port (2020) ”.
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陳彥茹
Compared with the 2019 Edition, the 2020 Catalogue has increased 127 items and modified 88 ones, further expanding the scope of encouraged foreign investment.