2026-08-28
A Comprehensive Bonded Zone is a fenced, customs-supervised enclave where imported goods stay duty- and VAT-deferred until they leave for the domestic market.综合保税区是封闭式海关监管区域，境外货物入区后关税与进口环节增值税暂缓缴纳，直至销往国内市场时才完税。CBZs consolidate twelve statutory functions—processing, R&D, storage,...
2026-08-28
The 2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan (Announcement No. 11 ) took effect on 1 January 2026 and further reduces RCEP agreement rates on top of prior phased cuts. 2026年关税调整方案（税委会公告2025年第11号）于2026年1月1日施行，在既往分阶段降税基础上进一步下调RCEP协定税率。RCEP...
2026-08-28
RCEP's full regional cumulation lets materials originating in any of the 15 member economies be treated as originating in the processing party, so a foreign-invested supply chain can meet...
2026-08-28
RCEP services commitments run on two tracks: seven of the fifteen members scheduled on a negative list, while China and the other seven used a positive list and must...
2026-08-28
China has abolished foreign equity-ratio caps in life insurance, insurance asset management and related sub-sectors, and applies pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list to foreign-invested insurers. 中国已取消人身险、保险资管等子行业的外资持股比例限制，并对在华外资保险机构全面实施准入前国民待遇加负面清单管理。The...
2026-08-28
A foreign bank may enter China through three licensed routes: a representative office, a foreign bank branch, or a wholly foreign-owned bank (legal-person bank).外资银行可通过三条持牌路径进入中国：代表处、外国银行分行，或外商独资银行（法人银行）。 A representative office is a non-operating...
2026-08-28
The PBoC and SAFE issued the *Administrative Measures for Outbound Lending by Domestic Enterprises* (Yin Fa No. 63), effective 20 April 2026, unifying RMB and FX outbound lending...
2026-08-28
In 2026, SAFE branch offices in Guangdong, the China (Heilongjiang) Free Trade Zone and Chongqing moved external-debt signing (and change) registration for non-financial enterprises from the administration to banks,...
2026-08-28
China has extended its RMB-FX cross-border cash-pooling regime to the entire country, lowering the barrier for small and mid-sized multinational groups to centralise treasury operations. 中国已将本外币跨境资金集中运营业务推广至全国，降低了中小型跨国集团统筹资金管理的门槛。The scheme lets...
2026-08-28
On 26 December 2025, the People's Bank of China and SAFE issued the *Notice on Cross-Currency Cash Pooling for Multinational Companies* (Yin Fa No. 251), extending the integrated...