2026-08-28
A VIE is a contractual-control structure letting an offshore-listed company control and consolidate a domestic operating company without holding equity, used to bypass Negative-List foreign-ownership limits. VIE是合同控制结构，使境外上市主体无须持股即可控制并合并境内运营实体，用于绕开负面清单的外资股比限制。The 2023...
2026-08-28
The CSRC continues to issue offshore listing filing notices in 2026 — for example, the 4 August 2026 filing notice for Ligent Technologies via its domestic operating entity —...
2026-08-28
Onshore enterprises must file with the CSRC before or shortly after an overseas listing; the filing covers both direct and indirect (including VIE) listings under a "substance-over-form" test.境内企业境外发行上市须向证监会备案（直接及间接上市，含 VIE），认定遵循「实质重于形式」。Indirect...
2026-08-28
Since 20 March 2026 the National Immigration Administration has piloted online lodging registration for foreigners staying at addresses other than hotels, and is rolling it out nationwide after a...
2026-08-28
Foreign personnel in China may send their children to *schools for children of foreign personnel* — separate institutions that use a foreign curriculum and admit only foreign, HK/Macau/Taiwan, and...
2026-08-28
A foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) in China can now complete its incorporation plus its first cluster of post-setup steps through a single integrated "FIE Opening One-Thing" (外资企业开办一件事) service covering licence,...
2026-08-28
Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in China report investment information through the business-registration and credit-filing systems under the Foreign Investment Information Reporting Measures.外商投资企业在中国通过企业登记与企业信用信息公示系统，依《外商投资信息报告办法》报送投资信息。Three recurring reports apply: an initial report at setup,...
2026-08-28
A foreign-invested enterprise in China can now be incorporated entirely online, from identity verification to the electronic business licence, without a single in-person visit. 中国的外商投资企业如今可全程网上办理设立登记，从身份核验到电子营业执照申领，无需一次到场。Overseas investors verify identity...
2026-08-28
The Enterprise Deregistration Guide (2025 Revision), jointly issued by SAMR and five other departments, is being implemented across localities in 2026 through simplified procedures, agency ("da wei") deregistration and...
2026-08-28
Under the 2023 Company Law (effective 1 July 2024), directors — not shareholders — are the statutory liquidation obligors, and a liquidation group must be formed within 15 days...