Shanghai Free Trade Zone: 2014 Negative List Shorter?

“Negative List” has always been a highlight topic since the establishment of Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ). When the negative list was firstly introduced in September 2013, it was fairly long and disappointing many foreign investors. On June 30 2014, the Shanghai Municipal Government published the much-anticipated Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) on Foreign Investment […]

Challenges of small FIEs from an Accountants View

Lee & Lee Associates will co-organize a seminar with German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing with topic: challenges of foreign invested SMEs. The event details are as below. Wednesday, 20 August 2014 — 14:00h to 16:00h Organiser: German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing/ Lee & Lee Associates Place: German Centre Beijing Meeting Room […]

Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone (Revised Negative List 2014)

Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Announcement (2014 No.1) Based on relevant laws and regulations, the General Plan for the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone adopted by the State Council, Measures for further Liberalisation of the China (shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2011), the Shanghai municipal government released […]

Doing Business in Asia Pacific Region Series- Establish a Business

Asia Pacific region is the most dynamic investment destination. If you want to invest in the region but don’t know how, please click the link below to find the information you need. This is a series of newsletters and this one is “Establish a Business in Asia Pacific Region”. More interesting topics will follow up […]

Registered Capital and Paid-in Capital Regulation in PRC Company Law Updated

The new Chinese Company Law comes into effect from 1 March 2014 revises the content about registered capital and paid-in capital. The main changes are as follows: 1. The paid-in capital shall not be listed on business license anymore. 2. The registered capital can be injected as stipulated in the Company’s Articles of Association instead of being […]

Important Tips for HR Management in China

More and more clients are requesting Lee & Lee Associates to provide HR support for their daily HR management, not only the functional tasks such as social welfare management, salary and tax planning, people release planning and negotiation, but also some strategic consulting on people hiring and retaining. Here are some important tips that we […]