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First Case of Gay Marriage Registration in China

January 4, 2020

On June 23, 2015, Sun Wenlin, who initially had planned to stay single, went to the Furong District Civil Affairs Bureau in Changsha City with his boyfriend Hu MinLiang to register their marriage on the first anniversary of their acquaintance. Although the marriage certificate is just a piece of paper,…

New Pilot Cross-Border E-Commerce Zones

News

December 31, 2019

On December 24, 2019 The State Council approved the establishment of “Pilot Cross-Border E-Commerce Zones” in 24 new Chinese cities. Those cities are the following: Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Chifeng, Fushun, Hunchun, Suifenhe, Xuzhou, Nantong, Wenzhou, Shaoxing, Wuhu, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Ganzhou, Jinan, Yantai, Luoyang, Huangshi, Yueyang, Shantong, Foshan, Luzhou, Haidong, and Yinchuan.…

A Woman’s Body is Her Own Business- Recent Reproductive Case in China

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December 25, 2019

Egg freezing, also known as mature oocyte cryopreservation, is an effective way to preserve a woman’s fertility and allows her to have a child in the future. However, one hospital in China was sued by Ms. Xu because the hospital refused to provide egg freezing for her as a single…

Draft of VAT Law of PRC, What's Your Comment?

tax

December 16, 2019

On November 27th, 2019, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation have released the draft of a Value added Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China for public comments. As a matter of fact, China has gone through a series of reforms in its VAT collection…

How Much IIT a Foreigner Have to Pay in China

tax

December 13, 2019

The new Individual Income Tax law of PRC has come into effective for almost one year, but how to calculate the tax payable still remain a problem, particularly for foreigners working in China. This post will address some main issues related: 1. A foreigner could be a“resident individuals” individuals who…

Optimization of Business Environment

China business basic, foreign investment law

December 8, 2019

On Jan. 1, 2020, the Foreign Investment Law will come into effect. In addition, the Regulation on the Optimization of Business Environment will come into effect as well, which was promulgated on October 8, 2019. This is good news for people doing business in China. Let’s look at some highlights…

Further Utilize Foreign Investment

Basic China law, foreign investment law

November 20, 2019

On 7th of Nov, 2019, the State Council released the Opinions on Further Improving the Utilization of Foreign Investment, which put forward 20 measures to utilize foreign investment further. The measures could be divided into four aspects namely, deepening market openness to foreign investors, promoting investment, deepening reform to facilitate…

Tax Credit Repair in China

News, tax

November 17, 2019

On 13th of Nov, 2019, the State Taxation Administration released an Announcement on Matters Related to Tax Credit Repair, to be effective from January 1, 2020. According to the announcement, entity taxpayers may apply to the competent tax authorities for tax credit repair within the prescribed time limit if they…

MICHAEL JORDAN’s Trademark War in China

News, Trademark

November 11, 2019

On October 16th 2019, the Supreme Court of PRC concluded the trademark dispute of Jordan Sports Company in Fujian province, holding that the trademark of the famous basketball player’s silhouette did not reflect Jordan’s personal characteristics, was not recognizable and did not constitute infringement of MICHAEL JORDAN’s right of portrait.…

Highlights of The Amended Trademark Law of PRC

Trademark

November 4, 2019

On 1st of Nov 2019, the forth amended Trademark Law of PRC took effect officially. Some long-term “headaches” for overseas corporations are addressed in this updated law. The highlights are as follow: 1. Malicious squatting will be cut down in multiple ways. For quite a while now, trademark malicious squatting…