The advent of spring has brought an increasing sense of confidence to the streets of Beijing. People are shopping or strolling in areas like Sanlitun’s entertainment quarter in greater numbers. And compared to a couple of months ago, there are more people in bars and far more traffic on the roads. While things are not quite back to normal, there is a feeling that the tide has turned in the battle against the pandemic. China,…

For the last three or so months, our China lawyers have been confronted with a host of legal issues related to the coronavirus. This should not be surprising because China was the seminal coronavirus epicenter. For the past two months or so, our Seattle lawyers have been working on a host of legal issues related to the coronavirus. This too should not be surprising because Seattle was the initial U.S. coronavirus epicenter. For the past…

China is just beginning to restart its economy after a two-month shutdown. U.S. companies that still remember that we are in the middle of a trade war with China read thinly veiled threats from Chinese officials regarding limiting pharmaceutical supplies and medicine inputs and wonder what is the best way to deal with their China-dependent supply chains. Join Harris Bricken international attorney Jonathan Bench this Thursday, March 26th at 8:30am PST/11:30am EST as he discusses…

Our law firm’s lead China employment lawyer, Grace Yang, will be leading a 90 minute webinar on what HR departments need to know about China employment law. China is getting a lot tougher on how foreign companies (especially American companies) in China treat their employees and staying in compliance has never been more important. See China’s New Company Tracking System: Comply, Comply, Comply. The onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus has only further complicated what…

As part of the supporting regulations relating to the Foreign Investment Law (FIL), China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the Measures for Foreign Investment Information Reporting (the “Reporting Measures”). Under the FIL and the Reporting Measures, all foreign investors or foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) must report to MOFCOM information related to any foreign investment via the Enterprise Registration System and the Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System. According to…

For the last three or so months, our China lawyers have been confronted with a host of legal issues related to the coronavirus. This should not be surprising because China was the seminal coronavirus epicenter. For the past two months or so, our Seattle lawyers have been working on a host of legal issues related to the coronavirus. This too should not be surprising because Seattle is the United States’ coronavirus epicenter. For the past…