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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...

Electronic labor contracts are not only more economic but help reduce paperwork and increase efficiency. In China, since March 2020, when...

The “996 work culture” in China, a practice where employees work from 9am to 9pm six days a week, will no longer be accepted. The country’s supreme court ruled it as illegal, ending the excessive working hours. In a statement issued on August 26, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) detailed 10 court decisions related to labor disputes, many involving workers being forced to work overtime. “Legally, workers have t

A few hundred thousand foreign professionals call Shanghai home. Attracted by the city’s international profile and cosmopolitan...

The Pudong New Area, located in eastern Shanghai, has become in the past three decades one of the most vibrant and highly developed areas...

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainties regarding the future economic relations between China and the United States have...

The 35,400-square-km Hainan Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is 27 times the size of the other such areas on the mainland. It is 49 times the size...

The island-province of Hainan, considered one of China’s most beautiful and bustling special economic zones (SEZ), undoubtedly...

Despite the global COVID-19 economic crisis and the ongoing trade tensions with the United States, China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) continues to grow and offer interesting business investment opportunities for foreign companies and professionals. With a combined population of over 70 million and GDP of USD 1.4 trillion, the GBA is well-positioned to play a leading role in advanced manufacturing, technology and innovation, shipping, trade and finance. The increased connectivity

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), with its massive size and economic potential, will create unprecedented...

China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the GBA) is a national initiative aimed at creating the country’s most open and...

Hong Kong, with its low, simple and limited tax, its open capital/forex market, and proximity to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and China...

By 2035, The Greater Bay Area, or GBA, will transform into a globally competitive, connected, and innovative mega-region, representing China’s next wave of innovation, economic development, and market reform. As this progress becomes a reality, there are numerous opportunities for foreign investors in key areas, especially manufacturing, sourcing, and financial services. Technology has been key to the region’s rapid growth, evolving from ‘factory to the world’ in the first ph