The aim of this paper is to critically examine China’s regulation for securities offerings in light of the recent financial global crisis and, based on these findings, make policy recommendations for future reform. The Chinese regulatory regime contains the key element of merits review, apart...

There has been an ongoing surge of cross-border M&A activity in China since its WTO accession. This has prompted the Chinese government to reform its legal regime by promulgating the Provisions on the Takeover of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors on 8 August 2006 (2006 Foreign M&A...

The article conducts a critical analysis of the newly introduced statutory derivative action in China and then makes relevant recommendations for reform. The introduction of derivative actions is a major development in Chinese company legislation. In general, the provisions have established a...

This article examines the recently promulgated takeover regulation by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Along with other laws and regulations, this new regulation has greatly enhanced China's takeover legal regime both in terms of form and substance. It comes at time when the Chinese...

This article aims to identify and examine the key issues impacting China’s financial regulation in light of the recent global financial crisis (GFC). The investigation generates a number of important findings. First, the effects of the GFC on China’s financial system have been relatively...

This paper examines China's securities dispute mediation scheme, which was recently established by the Securities Association of China. It first conducts some background discussion, showing the features of securities disputes in China and the need for the introduction of the mediation scheme....

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This is a book chapter in Stephen M. Bainbridge (ed), 'Research Handbook on Insider Trading' (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013). It provides an up-to-date discussion of Chinese insider trading regulation, covering the recently issued 2012 judicial interpretation on the handling of criminal...

This article aims to provide an in-depth and updated analysis of insider trading regulation in China, looking at both “law in books” and “law in action.” Since the early 1990s, China has gradually set up a regulatory regime for insider trading in line with international experiences....

In light of the recent global financial crisis of 2008, this article critically compares how China's national arbitration commissions and local courts are responding to new challenges brought about by an increase in the number of banking related disputes. Drawing on comparative case analysis,...