By Mark Schaub and Ray Black King & Wood Mallesons’ FDI Group

More than any other country,China has greatly benefitted from globalization. In the last 25 years China has risen to become the world’s workshop and a manufacturing giant.

However, there has been a small country that has undergone its own transformation in recent decades. Israel, a country in a “challenging” neighbourhood with a very limited domestic market, has become a technology innovation powerhouse. Indeed Google Chairman Eric Schmidt considers that “Israel has the most important high-tech centre in the world after the US.”

These two very different yet very complimentary countries are likely to find great scope for collaboration in the coming decades. They are certainly now looking for it. Continue Reading Start Up Nation meets Buy Up Nation: How Israel can Play a Major Role in Making China an Innovation Giant

作者：金杜律师事务所能源事务组

《天然气基础设施建设与运营管理办法》（国家发展和改革委员会令第8号）（以下简称“《办法》”）由国家发改委于2014年2月28日发布，2014年4月1日生效。《办法》旨在规范天然气基础设施的建设与运营，鼓励各类资本进入天然气基础设施市场，进一步开放天然气基础设施市场，促进天然气市场的公平竞争与行业的发展。其要点如下： Continue Reading 中国进一步开放天然气基础设施市场 ——《天然气基础设施建设与运营管理办法》4月1日起生效

By King & Wood Mallesons’ Healthcare Group

Guangdong JDB Beverage Company Limited (“JDB”) filed a lawsuit against Wong Lo Kat in Chongqing’s First Intermediate People’s Court (the “Court”), alleging that Wong Lo Kat’s advertisement slogan of “a bottle of Wanglaoji takes the fear of Shànghuǒ (i.e. excessive internal heat a cause of disease in Chinese perspective) away”, constitutes unfair competition. Although this case involved an advertisement slogan, it was heard in the court according to the Anti-unfair Competition Law rather than the Copyright and Trademark Laws, creating a novel cause of action. Continue Reading KWM Prevails in Representation of Wong Lo Kat in Anti-unfair Competition of Advertisement Slogan Lawsuits

作者：金杜律师事务所医疗事务组

广东加多宝食品饮料有限公司(“加多宝”)在重庆第一中级人民法院(“法院”)起诉大健康公司，诉称大健康公司使用广告语“怕上火就喝王老吉”构成不正当竞争。该案类型新颖，虽涉及广告语，却不依据著作权法、商标法而依据反不正当竞争法进行审理。

金杜律师团队代理大健康公司参加了开庭审理，从反不正当竞争法的立法本意论证了大健康公司使用该广告语的正当性，一审法院最终判决驳回加多宝公司全部诉讼请求，取得了广告语不正当竞争案的一审胜诉。 Continue Reading 金杜代理王老吉胜诉广告语不正当竞争案

By King & Wood Mallesons’ Healthcare Group

Since March 2013, “consumers” from several cities such as Jinan, Shenyang, Chongqing, Sanya have sued Wong Lo Kat Guangzhou Health Industry Co. Ltd. (“Wong Lo Kat”) for disputes over the sales and purchase agreements and product liabilities on the ground of “the change of taste in Wanglaoji’s herbal beverage”. KWM lawyers represented Wong Lo Kat, and succeeded in protecting our client’s legal interests and winning the “China’s first consumers’ taste safe-guarding case” and all of its subsequent relevant cases. Continue Reading KWM Prevails in Representation of Wong Lo Kat in a Series of Wanglaoji’s Taste Lawsuits

作者：金杜律师事务所医疗事务组

自2013年3月，在济南、沈阳、重庆、三亚等多地出现“消费者”因“王老吉凉茶口味改变”而起诉广州王老吉大健康产业有限公司(“大健康公司”)的买卖合同纠纷、产品责任纠纷，金杜律师团队代理大健康公司，胜诉“中国首例消费者口味维权案”和后续全部相关案件，维护了客户的合法权益。 Continue Reading 金杜代理王老吉胜诉王老吉口味系列案

By Xiong Jin  King & Wood Mallesons M&A Group

In recent years, China’s shale gas industry has attracted great interest from both domestic investors – state-owned or otherwise – and major offshore players, thanks to a broad range of initiatives and preferential policies promulgated by the central government with a view to encouraging investment.

Notwithstanding these encouraging developments, the regulatory regime for the shale gas industry is still in its early stages,and development has been slow. The regime also poses unique challenges for foreign investors. This article discusses regulatory developments, potential pitfalls and some structural options. Continue Reading Before You Invest in China’s Shale Gas Assets

作者：熊进 金杜律师事务所公司并购部

近年来，由于中国政府实行各种鼓励页岩气投资的优惠政策和计划，中国页岩气行业不仅吸引了国内投资人（包括国有企业和其他投资人），也令活跃在这个领域的海外投资人趋之若鹜。

尽管取得了可喜进展，但是该行业的监管体制刚刚具备雏形，发展还很缓慢。这种不完善的体制也给外国投资人带来了特殊挑战。本文探讨了页岩气行业的监管发展状况、潜在风险以及投资结构选择方案。 Continue Reading 投资中国页岩气资产前需要了解的知识

By King & Wood Mallesons’ Banking Group

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (“CBRC”) released the newly amended Administrative Measures for Financial Leasing Companies (Order of China Banking Regulatory Commission [2014] No. 3) (the “New Measures“) on March 13, 2014. Comparing with the amended version in 2007 (the “Old Measures”), the New Measures mainly revise the provisions concerning the market-entry requirements, business scope, operation rules, supervision and administration of financial leasing companies. The New Measures came into effect as of the date of promulgation while the Old Measures ceased to be effective on the same day. Continue Reading The New Administrative Measures for Financial Leasing Companies Lower the Market-entry Barriers

By King & Wood Mallesons’ Banking Group

1. Overview

  • On 20 February 2014, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued the Measures Supporting the Expansion of Cross-border Use of Renminbi in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (《关于支持中国(上海)自由贸易试验区扩大人民币跨境使用的通知》)(PBOC Notice). The PBOC Notice provides various policy support in relation to the cross-border use of Renminbi (RMB) in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), including: (1) cross-border RMB settlement for current account and direct investment; (2) individual RMB settlement account; (3) offshore RMB borrowings by FTZ entities; (4) two-way cross-border RMB cash pooling; (5) centralized current account RMB payments and collections; (6)RMB settlement for cross-border e-commerce; and (7) cross-border RMB trading. Continue Reading PBOC Issued Detailed Rules to Expand Cross-border Use of Renminbi in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone