China Plus One steering committee decision checklist
Record the objective, specialist outputs, evidence gaps, conditions, owners and events that reopen the decision.
Workflow guide
An open issue is a condition, not implied clearance.
Preserves propositions identified as reviewed in the August 2026 legacy article. Added workflow structure and expanded orientation are subject to refreshed legal review. This is the approval record; the legal checklist separately manages specialist workstreams.
Three records support a governed approval
Structure is editorial orientation and subject to legal review.
Separate commercial preference from legal and evidence status.
Approve only the record actually presented
Selections remain in this browser. The legacy nine-point list is preserved and expanded governance is subject to legal review.
Make uncertainty visible
Answers are governance orientation and subject to legal review.
Does board approval replace specialist advice?
No. The record should identify the specialist conclusion, authority, assumptions and open conditions supporting the decision.
What happens when a fact changes?
Reopen the affected workstream and decision condition before relying on the prior approval.
How is this different from the legal checklist?
The legal checklist assigns and tracks workstreams; this page records the decision, conditions and re-review triggers.
Decision dependencies
Attach or link the specialist record rather than copying its full text into the board paper.
Open the unresolved condition
Each spoke owns one specialist question.
Escalate before the legal conclusion becomes a commercial commitment
Use the record built on this page to obtain fact-specific advice.
The controlling facts are incompleteDo not convert an evidence gap into an approval.
A claim, filing or shipment is imminentConfirm the current rule and responsible legal person.
A supplier, process, ownership or law changesReopen the affected analysis and approval record.
General information only. Reviewed legacy checklist points are preserved; expanded board-record, RACI and change-control content is subject to refreshed legal review.
