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China Adopts New Foreign Investment Law
April 8, 2019, Covington Alert
On March 15, 2019, China’s National People’s Congress voted to adopt a new Foreign Investment Law (the “FIL”). The FIL will come into effect on January 1, 2020 and may significantly change China’s framework for regulating foreign investment. Foreign invested entities (“FIEs”) established prior to the FIL’s effective date will have five years to amend their constitutive documents to comply with the new law.
January 15, 2018, Covington Alert
On December 26, 2017, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) released the final Administrative Measures for Enterprise Outbound Investment (the “Final ODI Rules”), which will go into effect as of March 1, 2018 and govern NDRC's regime for reviewing Chinese outbound investment projects. The Final ODI Rules contain limited changes relative to ...
November 24, 2017, Covington Alert
Earlier this month, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) released the draft Administrative Measures for Enterprise Outbound Investment (“Draft ODI Rules”) for public comment. Comments are due on December 3, 2017.
September 8, 2017, Covington Alert
On August 18, 2017, the General Office of China’s State Council released to the public new guidance regarding the regulation of outbound investment. The guidance is set forth in a notice, dated August 4, 2017, forwarding “guiding opinions” (the “Opinions”) from the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), People's ...