Business Regulation and Tax Newsflash

Year 2015

Issue 21 - 7 May 2015
China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones: New Negative List further relaxes foreign investment sectors
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Issue 20 - 21 April 2015
China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones: State Council announces framework plans for Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian FTZs and a new negative list
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 19 - 5 March 2015
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: New regulation issued on overseas debt financing for FTZ entities
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 18 - 3 March 2015
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: New policies to facilitate company relocation to FTZ
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 17 - 3 February 2015
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Wholly Foreign-owned Ecommerce Companies Allowed
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Year 2014

Issue 16 - 18 December 2014
China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ Expanded: New Free Trade Zones and Pilot Reform Measures announced
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 15 - 4 July 2014
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: 2014 Negative List Issued
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 14 - 5 March 2014
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Foreign Exchange Controls Relaxed for Qualified Pilot FTZ Entities
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 13 - 28 February 2014
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Implementation Details Issued for Cross-border Use of RMB
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Year 2013

Issue 12 - 5 December 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: PBOC issues Financial Reform Opinion
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 11 - 29 November 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Review & Outlook
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 10 - 15 November 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Import Tax Incentives
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 9 - 31 October 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Company Registration System Reform
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 8 - 25 October 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Support from Regulators of Financial Industry (unofficial English translation)
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 7 - 22 October 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Filing Measures for Inbound/Outbound Investment (unofficial English translation)
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 6 - 15 October 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Negative List (unofficial English translation)
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 5 - 30 September 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Initial sets of regulations released
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 4 - 29 September 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Officially launched
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 3 - 28 August 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Dawn of a New Era
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 2 - 2 August 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Dawn of a New Era
[English] [Simplified Chinese]

Issue 1 - 11 July 2013
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: The Dawn of a New Era
[English] [Simplified Chinese]