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...

This paper is written in Chinese and published in China. The modern banking industry is rapidly developing with a clear trend towards globalization. Accordingly, international community has been working hard collectively to seek the best practice of banking regulation. The two Basel accords are...

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...

Determining the proper class of plaintiffs that might be allowed to sue an insider trader for damages has been a very difficult task. The article will first discuss the development of three main approaches to the issue, namely the privity approach, the contemporaneous trader approach and the...

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...