Environmental impact assessment reports must be submitted to the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) for all construction projects, under a new law that will be introduced in Sep... Read more

The Ministry of Justice has granted licences to 37 law firms registered in Hong Kong to set up offices on the mainland. However, they are not permitted to practise Chinese law, but are limit... Read more

New rules that allow specially approved offshore investors to buy yuan-denominated A-shares were announced in early November. To be accepted as a qualified foreign institutional investor, a... Read more

Zhu Xiaohua, the former head of China Everbright Group, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption, Xinhua reported. Zhu's personal assets will also be seized. The sentence was a... Read more

The Chinese government has confirmed that it is investigating Yang Bin, the man chosen by the North Korean government to run its first economic zone for inward investment, Reuters reported.... Read more