This book analyzes China's new foreign investment law which came into force in January 2020. The new law implemented sweeping changes and overhauled China’s foreign investment law regime of the last four decades. The foreign investment law aims to make the business environment more investor-friendly and address some of the contentious issues between US and China in the ongoing trade war.
The book explains how the law enhances regulatory transparency. It also outlines the new approval process, that is the pre-establishment negative list system which has replaced the former approval system for foreign investment projects. The book also analyzes China's series of anti-sanction laws.
This book will help give readers a better understanding of major changes and benefits under the new law and will be the first of its kind looking at the implications of this important law.
Author(s): Shen Wei
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 538
City: London
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Foreword
1 When Foreign Investment Meets China: Legal Development and Legal Landscape (1978–2018)
2 New Bottle or Old Wine? – Major Changes in Foreign Investment Law 2019
3 Negative List: A Changing Governance Model
4 Intellectual Property Protection in Domestic and Bilateral Contexts
5 Another Hole in China’s “Great Wall of Money”? Conceptualizing the Involvement of Foreign Investments in the Chinese Non-Performing Loans Market Under the US–China Trade Deal
6 Why Did the Door Not Open Wider in the Aftermath of Alibaba? – Placing (or Misplacing) Foreign Investment in a Chinese Public Law Frame
7 Foreign Investment Law in the Context of Bilateral Investment Treaty
8 National Security Review in Foreign Investments: A Comparative Context
9 Is Unreliable Entity List Reliable?
10 Can Blocking Statutes Block Unfair Extraterritoriality?
11 China’s Law on Countering Foreign Sanctions
Conclusion: China’s FDI and FIL: New Normal and Future
Appendix: Foreign Investment Law 2019
Bibliography
Index
