Retail Alternative: How to Establish a Franchise in China

16 November 2017
Franchising is a popular business model used extensively in China as well as the rest of the world by many international retailers and brands to achieve business success. This article explores how to establish a franchise in China while highlighting the most important considerations unique to this market.
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R&P in Chambers Asia Pacific (2017)

17 January 2017
This year, R&P China Lawyers is again recommended by Chambers Asia Pacific Guide 2017 as one of China’s leading domestic law firms for Corporate / Commercial work (Band 2). In its review, R&P is described as: A Shanghai boutique, well equipped to advise on a wide range of issues incorporating foreign direct investment, corporate restructuring, […]
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Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China

8 June 2016
In recent years, China has continued its commitment to improving the protection of intellectual property, while filings for IP registrations have exploded. For example, the National Intellectual Property Strategy was designed to improve China’s ability to protect and administer IP.  Yet despite these advancements challenges still exist for foreign businesses with commercial activities in China. […]
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Chinese-Australian Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA)

15 September 2015
On June 17 2015, the Chinese-Australian Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was signed to promote the growth of Sino-Australian trade, which accumulated a total trade revenue of around $AUD160 billion in 2013-2014. The deal also implements a new set of trade regulations, providing better access for a myriad of Australian originated products in the Chinese market, […]
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Circular on Local Incentives

25 August 2015
Introduction of Circular In the past few years, local governments have actively introduced more and more incentives to attract foreign investors to their locality. Incentive-shopping by foreign investors has become a popular practice, and one result has been that local governments have seen their local part of the tax revenues from a lot of local […]
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Selling Offline and Online in China - How to establish a Trading WFOE / FICE

26 December 2013
Several structures are available to a foreign investor who invests directly in China. One commonly-used legal entity is the WFOE, which is a limited liability company that is wholly owned by its foreign investor(s); a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise.  However, setting up a limited liability company does not mean that it can engage in every […]
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Lawful Termination in China: Severance Pay Calculations and Conditions

17 December 2013
The Labor Contract Law provides an exhaustive list of situations under which an employer may lawfully dismiss its employee. It depends on the situation whether severance pay is required; severance pay (or termination pay) is the amount an employer has to pay to an employee that is lawfully terminated. Situations that require severance pay include […]
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Overseas Employment in China: New Rules on Secondment

17 December 2013
Over the past few years, Chinese tax authorities have been focusing increasingly on secondment (also referred to as dispatchment) arrangements of foreign companies in China. Under a secondment arrangement a foreign company assigns a foreign manager to its Chinese subsidiary, while the employee remains an employee of the foreign company. This structure is often used […]
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