Working Group News
Environmental Protection Tax Law
On December 25, 2016, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Environmental Protection Tax (Environmental Protection Tax Law) was promulgated at the 25th meeting of the 12th Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
Read moreEU Intellectual Property Office – new name for the EU’s largest intellectual property agency
One of the two unitary intellectual property rights OHIM administers, the ‘Community trade mark’ will be renamed the ‘European Union trade mark’.
Read moreWater Working Group Newsletter
Bi-weekly Newsletter on water policy and trends in China
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Bi-weekly Newsletter on Carbon Market policy and trends in China
Read moreEnergy Working Group Newsletter
Bi-weekly Newsletter on Energy policy and trends in China
Read moreWater Working Group Newsletter
Bi-weekly Newsletter on water policy and trends in China
Read moreCarbon Market Working Group Newsletter
Bi-weekly Newsletter on Carbon Market policy and trends in China
Read moreChina banks' 2013 profits growth to slow: experts
China's lucrative banking sector will experience narrowing net profit increases in the next year, weighed down by the interest rates reform initiated by the Chinese central bank's two consecutive rate cuts, experts have predicted.
Small banks hunts for capital for stricter rules
China's small banks are intensifying their efforts to attract funds in the hope of preventing the current cash crunch from developing into a failure to meet upcoming new capital rules that require higher money reserves.