Has the pilot reform scheme on the Administration for Industry Commerce (AIC) registration system created a more favourable environment for foreign companies in China?

Recent Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) investigations by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) into certain industries created a stir.

On 15th November the ‘Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform’ (Decision) from the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was released. It provided details on the reform programme put forward by the new administration of…

The 9th EU-China Business Summit took place on 21st November, 2013, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

On the heels of the release of the Third Plenum Decision the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has issued the following statement:

Meeting with MOST Vice Minister Cao Jianlin On 14th October, Chamber President Davide Cucino, and other Chamber representatives, met with Vice Minister Cao Jianlin from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). President Cucino presented the key recommendations from the Position Paper 2013/2014, focusing on…

Since July 2013, Chinese authorities have been conducting a series of raids and investigations into foreign pharmaceutical companies active in China, for allegedly corrupt activities

The direction of China’s reform plan has become more tangible thanks to a roadmap sketched out by an influential government think tank.

European Chamber Present Position Paper to the Mayor of Chengdu On 17th September 2013, the Chamber presented the Position Paper 2012/2013 to Mr Ge Honglin, Mayor of Chengdu, during the 54th Informal Discussion with Foreign Investors in Chengdu. The European Chamber delegation was led by Ulrich…

Shanghai Municipal Government release Free Trade Zone negative list