Doing Business · 13 min read
China's revised Arbitration Law took effect on 1 March 2026. What foreign companies should change in their dispute clauses, starting with the seat.
By Jack Wu, Partner
Doing Business · 13 min read
Document authentication quietly delays more China company registrations than any other step. What the Apostille Convention changed and how to sequence it.
By Jenny Chen, Partner
Doing Business · 13 min read
Registered capital in China is no longer a number you can leave on paper indefinitely. Shareholders must fund their full subscription within five years.
By Jack Wu, Partner
Doing Business · 15 min read
Entity structure, registered business scope, capital contribution, and IP ownership are structural decisions for China manufacturing, not paperwork to finish after you have committed to a factory or hired a team.
By Jack Wu, Partner
Doing Business · 17 min read
Foreign retail brands often ask whether they need a "retail operation license" before opening a store in China. The answer is that retail in China is regulated as a stack of permissions: company registration, business scope, branch registration, and store-level approvals that must all align.
By Jack Wu, Partner
Doing Business · 15 min read
China compliance failures usually do not start with fraud. They usually start with a handoff that never happened.
By Jenny Chen, Partner
