International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
The New York Convention has applied in mainland China since 22 April 1987, subject to China's reciprocity reservation and commercial reservation. 《纽约公约》自1987年4月22日起在中国内地施行，并受中国作出的互惠保留与商事保留两项声明的约束。The seat of arbitration—not the institution's nationality,...
International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
The Supreme People's Court's International Commercial Court (CICC, 国际商事法庭) provides first- and second-instance adjudication of foreign-related commercial disputes and centralized recognition of foreign judgments and awards. 最高人民法院国际商事法庭（CICC）集中审理涉外民商事一审、二审案件，并集中受理外国判决与裁决的承认案件。The revised...
International Arbitration / 国际仲裁
2026-08-28
China's Arbitration Law has been comprehensively revised for the first time since 1994: the new law was passed on 12 September 2025, promulgated by Presidential Order No. 54, and...
2026-08-28
Alipay and WeChat Pay now accept foreign cards (UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, JCB).支付宝与微信支付已支持绑定境外银行卡（银联、Visa、Mastercard、JCB），覆盖绝大多数线下扫码付款场景。Baidu Maps and AMap (Gaode) are the two essential navigation apps in China.百度地图与高德地图是来华必备的导航工具，提供公交、地铁、步行与驾车实时路线。Both maps also handle hotel booking...
2026-08-28
In 2026 the national foreign investment negative list stays at 29 items, but regulators have committed to "timely reduction", with services as the priority and telecom, internet, education, culture...
2026-08-28
The revised Foreign Trade Law, which took effect on 1 March 2026, is the first law to codify a cross-border services trade negative list at the national level, placing...
2026-08-28
China's unified market-access negative list was cut to 106 items in the 2025 edition, down from 117 in 2022, extending the "national single list" model and enforcing the "non-prohibited-is-open"...
2026-08-28
Services now account for about 70% of actual utilised foreign capital, making the services sector the main battleground for 2026 opening. 服务业现已占实际使用外资约七成，成为2026年开放的主战场。Value-added telecom pilots had approved 90-plus foreign-invested...
2026-08-28
Every manufacturing sub-sector is open to foreign investors at 100% ownership in 2026, after the 2024 list removed the last two restrictions. 2026年制造业所有细分领域均向外开开放、可100%持股，2024年版清单删除了最后两项限制。The 2024 revision deleted the publication-printing...
2026-08-28
The FTZ negative list stands at 27 items in 2026, two fewer than the 29-item national list, giving pilot zones a wider opening. 2026年自贸试验区负面清单为27条，比29条全国版少2条，使试点区域开放更宽。Free-trade zones and the Hainan...