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 Unified Corporate Income Tax Rate at Around 25%
The draft bill on a unified corporate income tax rate for both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) will be submitted to the National People's Congress ... (full story)

 Fresh Round of Export Tax Rebate Adjustment Mulled
According to an informed official at the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China is considering revising its export tax rebate rate and undertaking a related feasibility study ... (full story)

 MOFCOM Encourages M&A of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Firms
The permitted scope of investment by foreign investors in China will be further extended from 1 July onwards under a set of supplementary rules on foreign-funded investment companies ... (full story)

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Issue 06, 2006 (01 June)
 Leader
China Soon to Allow Limited Liability Partnerships
China is currently reviewing the draft of the revised Partnership Enterprise Law, marking the first round of revisions since the law was promulgated in 1997 ... (full story)

 Policy and Law
New MOFCOM Rule on Curbing Unscrupulously Low Export Prices
The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) is soliciting public opinion on a set of revised draft rules on investigating and punishing acts of exporting at unscrupulously low prices ... (full story)
New Corporate Income Tax Return Starting July 2006
The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has recently announced that a new standardised corporate income tax return form will be used nationwide starting from 1 July 2006 ... (full story)

 Local Policy
Chongqing Earmarks Rmb15.6 billion for Energy Conservation Projects
During the 11th Five-Year Programme period, Chongqing will carry out major energy conservation projects in six key areas with the aim of building a resource-saving society ... (full story)
Shanghai Sets Up Pilot National Park on IPRs
Shanghai's first Pilot National Park on Intellectual Property Rights has recently been established in the city's Zhangjiang High-Tech Park ... (full story)

 Industrial Policy
MOFCOM Expands Scope in Logistics Sector to Lure Foreign Investment
Further to the Circular on Issues Related to Pilot Projects of Foreign-Invested Logistics Enterprises promulgated earlier, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has recently drawn up new measures ... (full story)
New QS Mark System Implemented for More Products
Effective from July, a number of industrial products which have already obtained production licences, including motorcycles, cosmetics and electric wires and cables ... (full story)

 Services Sector
Measures for Administration of Lawyers' Service Charges to Take Effect December 2006
The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Justice recently promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Charges, which will take effect on 1 December 2006 ... (full story)
Shenzhen Issues China's First Labourer Medical Insurance Regulations
The Interim Measures of Shenzhen on Medical Insurance for Labourers, the first of its kind in China, have just been released. The new rules stipulate that all labourers working in or having established labour relations ... (full story)

 Emerging Opportunities
Online Photo Processing Popular in Xian
As digital cameras are becoming increasingly popular, all kinds of digital photo processing shops have mushroomed. For most consumers, the emergence of online digital photo processing websites ... (full story)

 Human Resources
Labour Ministry Announces New Jobs
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) has just announced its sixth batch of new jobs to reflect China's social and economic development and job market changes ... (full story)
Shanghai Formulates Outline for 11th Five-Year Programme for Human Resources Development
Shanghai's Personnel Bureau has just announced that Shanghai will need another 2.4 million qualified people in various sectors by 2010, accounting for about 25% of the city's working population ... (full story)

 Key to Economy and Trade
China Bans Offices of Foreign Firms from Business Activities
Many foreign firms (including those from Hong Kong) have offices on the mainland, but very often they are engaging in activities beyond their scope of operation ... (full story)