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China COVID-19 Laws and Regulations

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Here you can learn about various laws in China relating to Covid-19 – laws affecting individuals, business, employers, and governmental entities. All articles are written by local lawyers.

  • ContentChinese Foreign Investment Strategy in Post COVID-19 Era

    China’s new foreign investment legal system (“System”) began on 1 January 2020 when the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Law”), the Implementation Regulation of the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Regulation”) and the Measures for the Reporting of Foreign Investment Information (“Measures”) came into effect together. However, this new legal framework becomes uncertain due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This article tries to provide a reference for foreign investors who want to enter the Chinese market by introducing implementation of the new System and a series of policies and measures taken by the Chinese government regarding to foreign investment in the first 100 days of 2020 (“Period”).

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  • ContentHong Kong: Contractual Silver Bullet in the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken by governments have brought about global economic hardship including disrupting production flows, causing demand for non-essential goods to drop and forcing enterprises to scale down or even stop operations. Consequently, many businesses have been prevented from performing their contracts. In this exceptional environment, can the affected party be relieved from the performance of the contract without incurring any legal liability ?

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  • ContentCOVID-19 Economic Relief Measures 2 – Hong Kong Edition

    The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council approved the Hong Kong government’s HK$137.5 billion package of financial relief measures on 19 April 2020. These relief measures were proposed due to the stringent anti-pandemic measures taken by the government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the severe impact of these stringent measures on the livelihood of individuals and businesses.

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  • ContentCOVID-19 in Hong Kong: What’s Next?

    The overwhelming takeaways from the coronavirus pandemic are flexibility and hope – keeping in mind that recovery will happen. What kind of impacts can be expected in the upcoming 6 to 12 months?

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  • ContentChina: SPC’s Guiding Opinions on Foreign-Related Commercial Disputes Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemi

    In the past two months, the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) promulgated successively two Guiding Opinions on Several Issues of Properly Hearing Civil Cases Concerning the Covid-19 Pandemic (“Guiding Opinions”) providing guiding opinions for the courts at all levels in China to deal with COVID-19 related civil cases.

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  • ContentHong Kong: COVID-19 Employment Support Scheme (ESS) Phase 2 Kicks Off

    The scheme established by the HK SAR Government during the COVID-19 pandemic to support employers opens applications from 31 August 2020 and covers the September-November period.

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