Research Articles
On October 9, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) released the “Draft Provisions for Supervising Insurance...
China’s 13th Five Year Plan (FYP), covering 2016-2020, will be submitted for review in late October at the next meeting for the...
China’s four free trade zones (FTZs)—the initial Shanghai FTZ and subsequent zones in Tianjin, Guangdong, and Fujian—offer...
The State Council’s long-awaited framework for reforming China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) marks limited progress on areas...
As US and Chinese officials prepare for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s late September visit to the United States and bilateral...
China’s President Xi Jinping is slated to make his first formal state visit to the United States the week of September 21,...
Concerns about China’s environmental degradation continue to grow, prompting both government and industry to reduce...
New rules to promote local innovation in Shanghai, which has nearly 15 percent of China’s total foreign investment, may provide...
“Made in China 2025” got a boost on June 24 when the State Council formed a high-level interagency task force to direct the...
A strong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hand guiding state-owned enterprise (SOE) management was a central message emerging from...
A Beijing pilot program launched in May appears to reinforce China’s interest in opening the services sector to foreign...
New and broader guidelines for investment reviews and approvals in China are on the way, according to the Draft Regulations on...
China’s ongoing anticorruption drive to hunt “tigers” and “flies” – euphemisms for corrupt officials with varying degrees of...
New openings for foreign investment and preferential taxes for goods sold through pilot e-commerce channels have raised...
Last year, China’s 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) laid out a legislative agenda to address some of the most pressing...
The US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) latest assessment of China’s economic reform efforts shows some acceleration in reform...
Beset by rising local debt—RMB 17.9 trillion ($2.9 trillion) as of June—Chinese policymakers have been struggling to rein in...
China’s policymakers are starting to reveal details about the direction of the country’s next Five-Year Plan (FYP), the central...
Early this month analysts and investors were surprised when Bloomberg News reported that Chinese policymakers had agreed to “...
Though 2014 was a busy year for enforcers of China’s relatively new Antimonopoly Law (AML), the number of investigations filed...
Key House and Senate committees involved in the US trade agenda are taking shape for the 114th Congress and will play an...
Chinese authorities are ramping up scrutiny of multinational companies’ (MNC) tax reporting as they work to overhaul the...
With three more districts incorporated into the original Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and three more free trade zones...
Zhang Kunsheng, China’s assistant foreign affairs minister and former secretary at the PRC’s embassy in the US, was recently...
The United States and China wrapped up three days of commercial negotiations in Chicago yesterday, making progress on...
As Chinese and American business travelers know well, securing visas for short- or long-term stays can be a time-consuming...
China has taken big steps forward in recent weeks with its plans to establish specialized intellectual property (IP) courts in...
US President Barack Obama concluded a constructive three-day visit to China earlier today with announcements of new bilateral...
China’s main regulatory document laying out sectors open to foreign investment—including sectors with specific ownership caps...
The reform of China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) was a key focus of last year’s third plenum decision to let the market...