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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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2026-07-02New Policy Focus | An Analysis of the Action Plan for Consolidating, Stabilizing and Optimizing Foreign Investment UtilizationRecently, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), together with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance, jointly issued the Action Plan for Consolidating, Stabilizing and Optimizing Foreign Investment Utilization(herei
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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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2025-10-18How to Distribute Profits to Overseas Shareholders? — Key Steps and Compliance Guide for Profit Remittance by Foreign-Invested Enterprises
For Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIEs), legally and compliantly remitting profits earned in China as dividends to overseas shareholders is a crucial operational process. This involves not only the effective distribution of profits but also meeting regula
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2025-10-18Foreign Investment Series | Is MOFCOM Approval for "Connected M&A" Under Circular 10 Becoming History? Multiple HK/US Listed Cases Practice the "One-Step" Approach!
For companies seeking overseas listings, building a red-chip structure once faced a major hurdle — Article 11 of the so-called "Circular 10" promulgated in 2006 (revised in 2009). The requirement for MOFCOM approval for "connected mergers a
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2025-09-18Foreign Investment Series | A Comprehensive Analysis of the Common "Domestic-funded to Foreign-funded" Transformation in Domestic Secretarial Services
In the provision of secretarial services for domestic enterprises, one common type of business involves the transformation of a domestic-funded company into a foreign-funded company. This transformation generally falls into two scenarios: equity transfer
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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
