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PRC Insurance Brokerage Market Further Opens to Foreign Investors

By AnJie Law Firm on May 23, 2019

ZHOU Yanghui,Yu Dan,Chen Jun The Opening-up of the PRC insurance market has been accelerated during the recent two years. Since the release of the Notice of the State Council on Several Measures for Opening Wider to the Outside World and Making Active Use of Foreign Investment on January 1st, 2017, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”, including the former China Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CIRC”)) has issued several provisions and guidance to further attract foreign…

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Chemical Giant Eastman is Slapped with a Fine for Abuse of Market Dominance in China

By AnJie Law Firm on May 23, 2019

Zhan Hao, Song Ying, Stephanie Wu, Lv Hongjie China’s competition watchdog SAMR made a penalty decision, adopted by its Shanghai branch Shanghai Market Regulation Bureau (“SMRB”), publicized on its official website[1] on April 29, 2019, right before the International Labor Day holiday. This decision is addressed to Eastman (China) Investment Management Co., Ltd. (“Eastman China”), a Chinese subsidiary of the US Chemical firm Eastman Chemical Company, for restricting transactions by abusing its dominant market…

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China Amended Its Technology Transfer Regulations Amidst Trade Disputes

By AnJie Law Firm on May 23, 2019

He Jing/Jerry Xia On March 18, 2019, China announced amendments of its joint venture law and the Regulations on Administration of Technology Import and Export (TIER) with immediate effect. The changes in nature took away some of the restrictions around cross border technology transfers, delivering more freedom of contract for future transactions. The announcement has attracted lots of attention from around the world as the rules are directly related to some of the claims in…

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China Adopts Foreign Investment Law March 2019

By AnJie Law Firm on May 23, 2019

Bo Hu, Partner On March 15, 2019, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress passed the Foreign Investment Law (the “Law”), a landmark legislation that will provide stronger protection and a better business environment for foreign investors. The Law will take effective on January 1,2020. Upon its effectiveness, the Law will replace China’s current foreign investment regimes, i.e, the existing three laws on Chinese-foreign equity joint venture, the Chinese-foreign contractual joint venture and wholly foreign-owned…

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The Fourth Annual Global Antitrust Economics Conference will be Hold in New York

By AnJie Law Firm on April 4, 2019

Concurrences in partnership with NYU Stern will hold the fourth annual Global Antitrust Economics Conference on Friday, May 31 2019 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at NYU Stern School of Business. The Global Antitrust Economics Conference is organized by Concurrences Review in collaboration with New York University Stern School of Business. So far, the conference has been held for three consecutive sessions. This annual global antitrust economics conference is a one-day conference, which combines the global…

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China Adopts Foreign Investment Law March 2019

By AnJie Law Firm on April 3, 2019

Bo Hu On March 15, 2019, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress passed the Foreign Investment Law (the “Law”), a landmark legislation that will provide stronger protection and a better business environment for foreign investors. The Law will take effective on January 1, 2020. Upon its effectiveness, the Law will replace China’s current foreign investment regimes, i.e, the existing three laws on Chinese-foreign equity joint venture, the Chinese-foreign contractual joint venture and wholly foreign-owned…

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Panda Bonds: How A Foreign Entity Raises Fund In China?

By AnJie Law Firm on March 20, 2019

Ren Gulong and Yang Anshu With the further opening-up of China’s financial market and the continuous progress of the internationalization of Renminbi in recent years, more and more foreign entities choose to issue renminbi-dominated bonds in mainland China (for the purpose of this article, excluding Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao). In accordance with international practice, renminbi-denominated bonds issued in China by foreign organizations was named as “Panda Bonds”. China’s onshore bond markets comprises the interbank…

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JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION RELEASED TO REINFORCE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN CHINA

By AnJie Law Firm on March 20, 2019

Ren Gulong and Zhang Jiaqi In mid-February, the European Commission adopted its new list of 23 high-risk countries for money laundering. As a result of the listing, banks and other entities covered by the European Union anti-money laundering rules will be required to apply increased checks on financial operations involving customers and financial institutions from these countries. China, as a member of FATF, has also devoted to fight against money laundering. One of the recent…

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First-in-history Partial Judgment Issued by Shanghai IP Court

By AnJie Law Firm on March 12, 2019

Jerry Xia / Wen Zou / Anbi Xu Recently, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (SIPC) rendered a so-called partial or interlocutory judgment during a patent infringement lawsuit filed by the French automotive parts manufacturer Valeo against three Chinese defendants including Xiamen Lucas Automotive Parts Co., Ltd., Xiamen Fuke Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. and an individual Mr. Chen (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the defendants”). In this case, Valeo alleged that the wipers for cars being…

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China court acknowledges trademark-ability of single-color marks used on a particular position under Chinese Trademark Law for the first time

By AnJie Law Firm on March 8, 2019

Steve Zhao / Pei Lyu In the everchanging business environment, business owners’ exploration in terms of using and registering non-traditional trademarks, such as 3D trademarks, sound trademarks, color trademarks and position trademarks, has never stopped. Different jurisdictions may have different thresholds to assess registrability of non-traditional marks. In China, there has been a noteworthy development regarding single-color mark used on a particular position filed by Christian Louboutin. Fashion followers should know that the red sole…

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PRC Insurance Brokerage Market Further Opens to Foreign Investors

Chemical Giant Eastman is Slapped with a Fine for Abuse of Market Dominance in China

China Amended Its Technology Transfer Regulations Amidst Trade Disputes

China Adopts Foreign Investment Law March 2019

The Fourth Annual Global Antitrust Economics Conference will be Hold in New York

China Adopts Foreign Investment Law March 2019

Panda Bonds: How A Foreign Entity Raises Fund In China?

JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION RELEASED TO REINFORCE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN CHINA

First-in-history Partial Judgment Issued by Shanghai IP Court

China court acknowledges trademark-ability of single-color marks used on a particular position under Chinese Trademark Law for the first time

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