The latest from China & Hong Kong

Shanghai’s ambitions to become one of the world’s leading financial centers have been evident for a while. During the past two decades,...

After two years of setbacks and uncertainty due to protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong is open for business and stronger than...

The growing number of internet shoppers in China represents a business opportunity too good to pass for international companies. However,...

China's top economic regulator, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), recently published the latest version of the...

In an effort to create greater opportunities for foreign investment and facilitate cross-border trade, the Chinese Ministry of Finance...

Between March 1st and June 30th, 2022, individual taxpayers who were residents in China in 2021 are required to handle the Individual...

The Chinese Ministry of Finance announced that it will extend preferential income tax policies for foreigners residing in the country to...

For foreign companies with a presence in China, the beginning of a new year can be rather stressful. As required by Chinese regulations,...

Despite the negative economic impact of the COVID pandemic worldwide, China registered an outstanding year in 2021. While the country’s...

In order to achieve its ambition of becoming a leading economic power in the world, China has identified High and New Technology...

Companies with a profitable business in China will want at some point to repatriate profits. However, dividends can be distributed among...

China’s fast growing digital economy is behind a series of new regulations aimed to protect personal information and prevent businesses...

Since its latest update in 2018, the China’s Company Law is scheduled to be re-evaluated this year. The revised draft, which includes 260...

China’s economic growth and its increased tendency to use technology, have pushed local authorities to review and update laws to be able...

In the past three decades, the number of biotech companies in China more than tripled, while the country’s economic growth has turned it...

Effective September 1, 2021, the new Urban Maintenance and Construction Tax Law (UMCT), as well as three supporting regulations,...

With over one billion people vaccinated, life is slowly returning to normal in China. Though foreign travel to China has been discouraged...

The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), along with the Data Security Law and the Cybersecurity Law, will have a significant...

Foreign investors in China are no longer required to present a separate tax record filing for each outbound remittance as long as they...

The long-standing ‘levying upon assessment’ method for corporate income tax (CIT) was cancelled by the Shanghai tax bureau, after months...