Mark Schaub , King & Wood’s Corporate Group and Shanghai office

On March 1st 2011 New Regulations take effect on Registration of Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises (“Regulations”).

The Regulations clarify the Circular on Further Strengthening the Registration Administration of Foreign Enterprises’ Resident Representative Offices issued by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and the Ministry of Public Security on January 4, 2010, and will replace the Measures for the Administration of Registration of Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises that were promulgated by SAIC all the way back in March 15, 1983 (“Previous Regulations”).Continue Reading China’s New Regulations “Crackdown” on Foreign Rep Offices