China: Corporate Governance

China's National Intellectual Property Administration has unveiled significant reforms to its patent priority examination system, introducing streamlined procedures and expanded support for emerging and future industries. The revised regulations establish new quality standards, clarify eligibility criteria, and eliminate additional fees while strengthening coordination between central and local authorities.

自2023年《公司法》修订以来，存续多年的法定监督机构——监事会，正在悄然“退场”。2025年至今，A股五家上市保险公司已先后取消监事会，将其职权转由董事会审计委员会行使，部分非上市保险机构与银行业亦相继跟进。这一变革绝非简单的机构裁撤，而是公司治理结构由“双层制”向“单层&#

A detailed case analysis examining how Chinese courts determine liability for shareholders and related parties when a bankrupt company cannot be liquidated due to missing financial records. Through a landmark case where the second instance court reversed a complete first instance judgment, this article explores the evolution of judicial standards in bankruptcy derivative litigation.

China NNN Agreements have become extremely popular, and that popularity has created its own problem. There are now plenty of non-lawyers, and plenty of people presenting themselves as lawyers or China contract...

The implementation of China's Foreign Investment Law has fundamentally transformed the legal landscape for foreign-invested enterprises, creating new challenges in corporate restructuring and shareholder disputes. Two critical issues have emerged: determining shareholder status for Chinese partners whose equity was historically registered as zero, and navigating the shift from approval-based to filing-based requirements for equity transfers.

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What is the ideal set up for a Chinese corporate subsidiary to avoid corporate governance dilemmas? Here are some of golden rules.

最高院新发布的《关于适用〈中华人民共和国公司法〉若干问题的解释（征求意见稿）》（下称"《意见稿》"）发布后，笔者注意到有关"解散公司į

新《公司法》对有限责任公司、股份有限公司董事会人数要求进行了调整。一方面，新《公司法》将有限责任公司董事会人数要求由过去规定的"三