By: Mark Schaub, Partner Shanghai Office of King & Wood,Corporate Group

Despite 30 years of opening up, actual Chinese government policy remains opaque. Although not as incomprehensible to the outsider as Kremlin watching was in the Cold War there are still few opportunities to really grasp what type of foreign investment is actually in favor at any given time. Circular 57, also known as Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (“Catalogue”) was overhauled late last year and does provide some hints in this regard.Continue Reading Reading the Tea Leaves: Changes to Foreign Investment Catalogue