In this monthly China tax brief for January 2025, we spotlight policies and measures just announced or scheduled for implementation.
We explain how China’s start-up DeepSeek has made significant strides in the global AI race with its resource-efficient, open-source models.
China's national unified market initiative, launched in 2022, aims to dismantle local protectionism and market segmentation across sectors. The initiative focuses on implementing nationwide standards and regulations while integrating infrastructure across regions to boost market efficiency.
Doing Business in China 2025 is out now and available for free download! It is designed to guide new and established investors in China with updated policy changes.
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Sign Up NowTimeline tracking key developments affecting EU-China relations, including trade and business engagement, under the new European Parliament.
A new plan to boost rural revitalization outlines measures to develop agricultual sectors and improve livelihoods of rural residents over the next three years.
This timeline outlines key developments in U.S.-China relations under Trump 2.0, analyzing the potential consequences for China's economy and the business environment in the country.
In the 2024-25 China Outbound Direct Investment (ODI) Tracker, China Briefing offers up-to-date data and insights on China’s outbound investment developments and trends. The data for the full year 2024 has been updated.
The UK and China are cautiously re-engaging, focusing on pragmatic areas like finance, green energy, and trade, despite ongoing political tensions. The UK aims to leverage opportunities in financial services, green finance, and specific exports.
In this monthly China tax brief for January 2025, we spotlight policies and measures just announced or scheduled for implementation.
This guide provides foreign businesses with a step-by-step walkthrough of the annual audit and compliance process, along with an introduction to China’s accounting framework. Download it for free!
Our tracker provides continuous updates on key economic and growth indicators in China’s manufacturing industry. The data for December and the 2024 whole year has now been updated.
In this article, we outline essential tips for businesses preparing for the Chinese New Year period, from compliance with labor regulations to financial, tax, and security considerations.
In this article, we provide an overview of the current accounting and compliance landscape for NGOs in China, explore the key provisions of the new NGO Accounting System, and highlight the significant changes introduced in the revision.
This issue of beneficiary owner filing in China Q&A series explains what a beneficiary owner is and its difference from an actual controller.
Beijing has released New Market Access Updates, as China is significantly opening its economy to foreign investment across various sectors, including telecommunications, entertainment, vocational training, and healthcare.
China's national unified market initiative, launched in 2022, aims to dismantle local protectionism and market segmentation across sectors. The initiative focuses on implementing nationwide standards and regulations while integrating infrastructure across regions to boost market efficiency.
China has proposed a 20 percent price advantage for “made in China” products in government procurement. This new draft policy is deemed as the government’s recent effort for boosting competitiveness of domestic industrial products and preventing foreign businesses from reshoring from China.
China’s new draft measures provide clarity on the certification process for personal information protection in cross-border data transfers (CBDT).
China’s aerospace and commercial space industries are rapidly growing, with the sector projected to be worth over US$900 billion by 2029.
China has rapidly surpassed Germany and Japan in industrial robotics, leading the world with 470 robots per 10,000 employees in 2023. This figure eclipses Germany's 429 and Japan's 419, reflecting China's aggressive automation push.
Beijing has released New Market Access Updates, as China is significantly opening its economy to foreign investment across various sectors, including telecommunications, entertainment, vocational training, and healthcare.
We explain how China’s start-up DeepSeek has made significant strides in the global AI race with its resource-efficient, open-source models.
Our tracker provides continuous updates on key economic and growth indicators in China’s manufacturing industry. The data for December and the 2024 whole year has now been updated.
The new minimum wage standards of Xinjiang, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Chongqing took effect on January 1, 2025, and Guizhou's new standards took effect on February 1.
In this article, we outline essential tips for businesses preparing for the Chinese New Year period, from compliance with labor regulations to financial, tax, and security considerations.
Doing Business in China 2025 is out now and available for free download! It is designed to guide new and established investors in China with updated policy changes.
In this aritcle, we look at all of the China visa-free policies that are currently in place and clarify who is eligible to benefit from them. Among others, China-Salomon Islands mutual visa exemption agreement took effect on December 28, 2024.
China has expanded the 144-hour visa-free transit to a 10-day stay, adding 21 new ports and increasing the total number of visa-free entry/exit points to 60 across 24 provinces.
Timeline tracking key developments affecting EU-China relations, including trade and business engagement, under the new European Parliament.
China’s aerospace and commercial space industries are rapidly growing, with the sector projected to be worth over US$900 billion by 2029.
China has rapidly surpassed Germany and Japan in industrial robotics, leading the world with 470 robots per 10,000 employees in 2023. This figure eclipses Germany's 429 and Japan's 419, reflecting China's aggressive automation push.
China’s new draft measures provide clarity on the certification process for personal information protection in cross-border data transfers (CBDT).
The Technical Committee for Information Security Technology (TC260) has released a new guide to standardize cross-border personal data transfers between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). This guide introduces enhanced security standards and mutual recognition mechanisms, aiming to facilitate smoother data flows while ensuring robust protection of personal information.
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