FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Environmental Protection Improve Administration on Energy Saving and Environmental Protection of Foreign Invested Enterprises

The 2009 Annual Examination over Foreign Invested Enterprises Jointly Conducted by Six Governmental Authorities Has Started

The Withholding of Enterprise Income Tax on Dividends, Bonuses and Interests Paid to QFII by Chinese Resident Enterprises

Ministry of Commerce Transfers Its Examination and Approval Authority for the Establishment of Investment Companies Funded by Foreigners to Governmental Authority on the Lower Level

Ministry of Commerce to Improve the Examination and Approval on the Foreign Investment

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

Enterprises Laying off More than 20 Staff Shall Give Explanation 30 Days in Advance

Ministry of Commerce to Strengthen Administration on Import or Export of Technologies

Ministry of Commerce Promulgated New Provisions in Support of Overseas Investment

CAPITAL MARKET

No less than 8 companies to list at Growth Enterprises Board

SSE to Build a Block Trading Information System

TAXATION

Tax Administration on Non-Residents Contracting Engineering Projects and Providing Labor Services

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Draft Amendment to the Implementing Provisions of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (The Review Version) Submitted to the State Council for Deliberation