The legal representative is a position that wields considerable authority within an organisation. This article walks you through some important considerations, the procedure for changing a legal representative in China and a checklist of documents required.
Mainland China is to further expand cross-border RMB use and introduces new measures to facilitate handling of
Hong Kong scraps all restrictions on international arrivals as well as on-arrival PCR testing and vaccine pass
The Shanghai Municipal People’s Government promulgated a set of provisions to encourage multinational companies to establish regional
Hong Kong poised to become a health tech hub in Greater Bay Area: since 2018, more than
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA is a city cluster composed of two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao, and nine cities in Guangdong Province. This article offers an overview of…
The Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone is a pioneering business zone to promote the high-quality development of modern service industries, including finance, logistics, information technology, and science and technology, as…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has recently announced that it will be trialling the e-HKD digital currency from the fourth quarter of 2022. It is almost a given that the…
Hong Kong and Shenzhen have joined hands to develop a preeminent global innovation and technology hub in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone (“Co-operation Zone”) at the Lok…
Signed by 15 countries including China and 10 ASEAN member states in November 2020, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the world’s biggest free trade agreement. Companies – whether…
The trailblazing, going-against-the-grain spirit of fintech has swept through the financial and banking sectors, entirely reshaping the landscape of financial products and services. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Hong Kong offers a wide range of incubation and accelerator schemes to help you ...
While companies incorporated in Hong Kong can be either public or private and li...
The SME Export Marketing Fund provides financial assistance to Hong Kong-based s...
One of Hong Kong’s key appeals lies in its wide range of admission schemes for f...
The legal representative is a position that wields considerable authority within an organisation. This article walks you through some important considerations, the procedure for changing a legal representative in China…
In Hong Kong, the Electronic Transactions Ordinance confers equal legal effect on electronic records used in contract formation and electronic signatures as their paper counterparts. Contracting online is subject to…
Trademark squatting is a practice rife in China for all the wrong reasons. As China operates a first-to-file, rather than a first-to-use, system, companies are more susceptible to having their…
The Cyberspace Affairs Commission of China (“CAC”) promulgated the Measures on Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfer (“Measures”) on 7 July 2022, which delineate the security assessment procedures required for…
Although considered a latecomer to global environmental governance by many, China has been catching up by leaps and bounds, whose staunch commitment to the cause is in full evidence. In…
On 1 July 2022, the Stamp Duty Law passed by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress at the 29th session on 10 June 2021, took effect, replacing…
Proposed changes to Hong Kong's foreign source income exemption regime for passive income are expected to come into force on 1 January 2023 with no transition period. All kinds of…
Qualified enterprises operating in the lifestyle services sector in Mainland China will continue to enjoy a 15% “super deduction” of creditable input VAT in the current period. In order to…
The Hong Kong government promulgated the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions for Certain Shipping-related Activities) Ordinance 2022 (“the Ordinance”) on 22 July 2022, which offers tax incentives to qualifying shipping…
On 1 July 2022, the Stamp Duty Law passed by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress at the 29th session on 10 June 2021, took effect, replacing…
On 28 March 2022, the State Council published the Notice on the Establishment of Individual Income Tax (IIT) Special Additional Deduction for Under-three-year-old Infants and Toddlers’ Childcare. The new policy…
On 21 March 2022, in order to support the development of micro and small enterprises, manufacturing and other industries, boost confidence of market players and stimulate the market development, the…
