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Keeping your dawn raid guidance current
Unannounced inspections or ‘dawn raids’ are used by antitrust authorities to obtain evidence when there are suspicions that individuals or businesses have infringed the antitrust rules.
Global | Publication | August 2017
Central and local governmental authorities required to facilitate Premier Li Keqiang’s requirement for encouraging foreign direct investment (FDI)
Following our article China Lays Groundwork for More Foreign Investment, published last week, documenting the initial legislative developments on FDI, the State Council has released the Notice Regarding Measures to Accelerate Increase of Foreign Investment (Guo Fa [2017] No. 39) on August 16, 2017 (the State Council Circular). The announcement quickly follows Premier Li Keqiang’s presentation at a State Council Executive Meeting on July 28, 2017.
Over 30 central governmental authorities1, industry regulators2 and all provincial level People’s Government are required to enact necessary regulations and take actions to facilitate and implement 22 specific missions in the State Council Circular. The highlights are as follows:
At least two specific authorities are designated to each of the 22 missions, with some requiring more than ten authorities to collaborate. There is no clear timeline for completion of above missions, but as expected by Premier Li, new policies are likely to be released individually in September 2017. We will pay close attention to the progress and provide further updates on new key regulations.
Including NDRC (the National Development and Reform Commission), MOFCOM (the Ministry of Commerce), SAIC (the State Administration of Industry and Commerce), SAFE (the State Administration for Foreign Exchange), SAT (the State Administration of Taxation), GACC (the General Administration of Customs) etc.
Including CSRC (the China Securities Regulatory Commission), CBRC (the China Banking Regulatory Commission), CIRC (the China Insurance Regulatory Commission), MIIT (the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), MLR (the Ministry of Land and Resources), MOT (the Ministry of Transport), MOHURD (the Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development), SIPO (the State Intellectual Property Office), and CAAC (the Civil Aviation Administration of China) etc.
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Unannounced inspections or ‘dawn raids’ are used by antitrust authorities to obtain evidence when there are suspicions that individuals or businesses have infringed the antitrust rules.
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