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07 Aug 2026
Personal Liability Risks for Foreign Directors in China
Crisis information — not a promise of outcome. Exit bans, consumption restrictions, criminal investigations, administrative detention, and deportation are highly fact-specific. Th…
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07 Aug 2026
WFOE Operations & Control Checklist for Foreign HQ
General information only. Company Law capital rules, chops, legal representatives, joint-venture governance, profit remittance, and deregistration turn on your articles, licences,…
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07 Aug 2026
WFOE Deregistration and Employee Severance in China (2026)
Not legal advice. Labour Contract Law and city practice change. This page is the people bill when you shut or shrink a WFOE — not the AMR sequence and not a severance calculator a…
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07 Aug 2026
Legal Representative Risks for Foreign Appointees in China (2026)
Not legal advice. Company Law, Civil Procedure enforcement tools and tax/labour practice change. This page is the 法定代表人 role for foreign appointees — not the full exit-ban case fi…
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07 Aug 2026
Company Chops and Seal Control in China
Chinese companies use chops for contracts, corporate filings, banking, invoices and other business processes. A chop can be powerful evidence that a company approved a document, b…
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07 Aug 2026
China Company Law Five-Year Capital Contribution Rule
Legal review status: this expanded registered-capital workflow is subject to legal review in full. No approval by Yahui Chen or another expert is claimed. Not legal advice. Compan…
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07 Aug 2026
WFOE Operations & Control: Key Laws
General information only. Company Law capital rules, chops, legal representatives, joint-venture governance, profit remittance, and deregistration turn on your articles, licences,…
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06 Aug 2026
EU Merger Control, FDI Screening and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Clearance Strategy for Cross-Border Deals
A cross-border transaction touching the EU now runs three parallel regulatory workstreams: merger control under the EU Merger Regulation, national foreign direct investment (FDI)…
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06 Aug 2026
NDRC Filing or Approval? The ODI Sequence Before a Chinese Company Remits Funds for an Overseas Acquisition
Before a Chinese buyer can remit funds for an overseas acquisition, it must complete a three-track sequence: project filing or approval with the NDRC, enterprise outbound investme…
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06 Aug 2026
Buying a UK Company in a Sensitive Sector: NSI Act Clearance and SPA Risk Allocation for Chinese Acquirers
A Chinese buyer that acquires a UK company in a sensitive sector must clear the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) before completion, then allocate the residual r…
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05 Aug 2026
Overseas Holding Structure for Chinese Companies: A Pre-Incorporation Decision Desk
Audience: Chinese companies, founders, investors, CFOs, general counsel and in-house teams planning overseas operations — including first-entity and existing-structure reviews. No…
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05 Aug 2026
Foreign Investment Market Entry in China: 2026 Legal Roadmap
Legally reviewed by: Yahui Chen, Foreign Investment Lawyer, Henan Luotai Law Firm, for mainland PRC foreign-investment and corporate law. Last legally reviewed: 5 August 2026.Lawy…
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04 Aug 2026
Multi-Jurisdiction Merger Control for Chinese Outbound Acquisitions
Outbound M&A by Chinese groups often triggers merger control / competition filings in parallel with foreign investment screening (for example CFIUS). This guide maps a multi-juris…
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04 Aug 2026
ODI Filing in China: NDRC, MOFCOM and SAFE Roadmap for Outbound Investment
Legally reviewed by: Peter Ye, Outbound Investment & Foreign Investment Counsel, for mainland PRC FDI, ODI/FX and corporate structuring scope. Last legally reviewed: 7 August 2026…
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02 Aug 2026
Download: China WFOE Setup Checklist
Download ready Download: China WFOE Setup Checklist Thanks for your interest. Your checklist is ready: Download PDF — WFOE Setup Checklist Recommended next steps Browse company fo…
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