Export controls and the unreliable-entity list: a screening guide for foreign buyers in China
The Regulation of the People's Republic of China on...Export controls and the unreliable-entity list: a screening guide for foreign buyers in China - Read more
On 21 September 2026 the People's Bank of China...Foreign Financial Institutions’ Roundtable and the Widening Use of Cross-border RMB: Shenzhen, Hetao and the Greater Bay Area - Read more
From 14 September 2026 the notice on multinational companies'...Foreign Banks Lead the Nationwide Rollout of MNC Cross-Border Cash Pools: First Deals Land in September 2026 - Read more
The State Council's Regulation on the Administration of Exit...China’s Exit and Entry Administration Regulation Takes Effect: Intermediary Filing and the Compliance Boundary - Read more
China's foreigner work permit has two routes: applying from...Applying for a Foreigner’s Work Permit Inside China: The Nine Statutory Situations and the A/B/C Talent Categories - Read more
The Provisions of the National Financial Regulatory Administration on...Serious Dishonesty Lists in Financial Regulation: The Rules Effective 1 October 2026 and What They Mean for Foreign Banks - Read more
On 18 September 2026, the State Council executive meeting...Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Protection: What the September 2026 Draft Regulation Means for Foreign Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Companies - Read more
Hainan’s 30% value-added duty exemption after closure: where local processors still hit a wall
Hainan's island-wide closure operation formally began on 18 December...Hainan’s 30% value-added duty exemption after closure: where local processors still hit a wall - Read more
In early April 2026 China convened a National Services...Services Opening After the National Services Conference: Foreign-Invested Value-Added Telecom Pilots Reach 221 - Read more
Nanning’s Seven Measures for Foreign-Invested Enterprise Registration: Convenience Plus Compliance
Nanning's market regulation authority issued measures in September 2026...Nanning’s Seven Measures for Foreign-Invested Enterprise Registration: Convenience Plus Compliance - Read more
2026-08-28
China issued its first production-intent L3 conditional-automation access licences in late 2025 (Changan in Chongqing, BAIC Arcfox in Beijing), with 2026 described by analysts as the "mass-production start year"...
2026-08-28
China's power-battery manufacturing is fully open to foreign investment, but the 2024 MIIT "Comprehensive Utilisation of End-of-Life NEV Power Batteries (2024 Edition)" norm tightens recycling, traceability and technical thresholds....
2026-08-28
China's entire vehicle and parts manufacturing chain has been open to foreign investment without equity caps since 1 January 2022, and the 2024 negative list went further by clearing...
2026-08-28
Foreign investment in compulsory-education institutions (grades 1–9) is prohibited, and the ban reaches participating in or actually controlling such schools, including via VIE. 禁止外商投资义务教育机构（1–9年级），且禁令及于参与举办或实际控制，包括通过VIE协议控制。Under the "double reduction" policy,...
2026-08-28
China's education opening is scaling up fast: in May 2026 the Ministry of Education approved 219 new Sino-foreign cooperative education units (86 new institutions and 133 new programmes), the...
2026-08-28
The "Stabilise and Improve Foreign Investment" action plan (Shang Zi Fa No. 97) explicitly expands the opening of vocational-skill training institutions, vocational schools and leading polytechnic/medical/agricultural universities to...
2026-08-28
Cross-cultural training is the fastest-growing corporate-learning segment tied to "going global", with China's cross-cultural training market projected to exceed RMB 18 billion in 2026 (CAGR ~22%). 跨文化培训是与"出海"绑定增长最快的企业学习segment，中国跨文化培训市场 2026...
2026-08-28
Non-academic after-school training (sports, arts, science/technology) is permitted for foreign-invested operators in company form, but it remains "education" and requires a licence, registration and platform onboarding. 非学科类校外培训（体育、艺术、科技）允许以外商投资企业（公司形式）运营，但其仍属"教育"，须取得许可、登记并接入监管平台。Local 2026...
2026-08-28
The "double reduction" (双减) policy keeps a hard red line on for-profit, subject-based tutoring for compulsory-education students, and that line applies equally to online delivery. "双减"政策对义务教育阶段学科类培训维持营利性禁止的硬红线，且该红线同样适用于线上形式。The 2026 national...
2026-08-28
The June 2026 "Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign Investment" explicitly commits to steadily expanding the opening pilot for vocational-skills training institutions, vocational colleges and high-level science/agriculture/medicine/engineering universities....