Foreign Investment in China

On 19 December 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) jointly released the “Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment (外商投资安全审查办法)” (the “Measures”)[1], which will become effective from 18 January 2021. The issuance of the Measures is a clear signal that the Chinese government is taking a more active approach in relation to national security review on foreign investments (“NSR”).
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作者:陈鑫尤杨、孙慧丽 金杜律师事务所争议解决

随着外商在华投资的快速发展及2008年金融风暴的影响,外国破产企业以诉讼方式,主动(作为原告起诉)或被动(作为被告或无独立请求权的第三人)处理其在华直接投资的案件开始出现并呈上升趋势。此类案件中,起诉或应诉时首先要解决的就是外国破产企业如何确定其诉讼主体的问题,即,应该以破产企业本身还是破产管理人作为原告(或被告)?这里既涉及国际私法领域的涉外民事法律关系的法律适用,还涉及我国破产法及相关规定在跨境破产案件中的法律适用。在目前法律规定不明确的前提下,这个问题解决起来看似简单,其实不然。Continue Reading 外国破产企业在中国参加民事诉讼如何确定诉讼主体的司法实践及趋势