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2026-08-27Value-Added Telecom Services Series | ICP/EDI License Compliance Essentials: Full Process for Amendment, Renewal, and Cancellation – Don't Get the Order Wrong When Changing from Domestic to Foreign-Invested EnterpriseMany companies view the value-added telecom license as a one-time task – get it and forget it. In reality, it is a dynamically regulated qualification with a five-year cycle. Any changes in corporate registration, license expiry, business cessation, or sh
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2026-08-20From "Formal Compliance" to "Substantive Compliance" – A Shift in Regulatory FocusAgainst a backdrop of geopolitical volatility and fiscal pressure, "substance over form" and "reasonable commercial purpose" have become core principles across tax, accounting and legal regulation. This article traces their historical
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2026-08-20Outbound Investment Series | State Council Decree No. 837 Takes Effect – A Compliance Guide for Technology Transfer in Overseas InvestmentsOn 1 July 2026, the State Council Decree No. 837 (hereinafter "Decree No. 837" or the "Regulations") on outbound investment officially took effect. Article 13 draws a clear red line: investors shall not export or use goods, technologie
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2026-08-20Outbound Investment Series | 1 August Take Effect! Thailand DBD Order No. 2/2569 Brings New Substantive Control Rules – Nominee Shareholding Loopholes for Chinese Investors Are ClosingOn 1 August 2026, Thailand's Department of Business Development (DBD) issued Order No. 2/2569, marking a fundamental shift in foreign investment regulation—from documentary compliance to substantive control and economic substance review. Previously, DBD
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2026-06-11Breaking! Effective July 1 – In-depth Interpretation of the State Council's New Overseas Investment Regulations | Series III: After the New Regulations, Which Key Issues Remain Unresolved?The Regulations of the State Council on Outbound Investment(State Council Order No. 837, hereinafter "Order No. 837"), officially announced on June 1, 2026, represents a landmark piece of top-level legislation in the history of China's outbound
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2025-08-20Sinobravo Observation | Key Points of the Implementation Regulations of China's New Value-Added Tax Law (Draft for Comment)
On August 11, 2025, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation of China issued a notice soliciting public comments on the Draft Implementation Regulations for the Value-Added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China. The Sinobravo
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2025-08-05China's Digital Identity Authentication Comes into Force, New Standard for Cross-Border Data Compliance
On July 15, 2025, the Measures for the Administration of National Network Identity Authentication Public Service (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”) came into force.
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2025-07-25China's Economy Grows 5.3% in First Half of 2025
On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the latest economic data, showing that China’s GDP grew by 5.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2025.
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2025-07-16140 trillion! China's economy is expected to reach a record high in 2025
