The introduction of a new year represents a significant and fundamental adjustment for foreign investment laws and regulations in China. Last year, the National People's Congress promulgated the Foreign Investment Law (FIL) in June comprising a total of six chapters and forty-two articles. Recently, in December, The Int...
The new Italian Budget Law 2020 provides a new tax benefit for Italian companies, of any size, aimed at promoting technological innovation. The law, in particular, foresees a tax credit which can be claimed for costs relating to the performance of activities aimed at the production of new or substantially improved...
The beginning of 2020 has already been marked by amendments to the Russian minimum wage standard, and even more draft laws are waiting for being discussed in 2020. Surge of the Minimum Wage Standard On January 1, 2020, amendments to the Federal law Regulating Minimum Wage came into...
In order to strengthen the prevention and control of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus and to protect people's lives and health, the general office of the state council and the local people's governments have successively issued relevant documents to extend the Spring Festival holiday and delay the resumption of business operat...
Coronavirus cases have soared as the testing resources at the in-charge medical facilities have been gradually been put in place. As of 10am on February 5th 2020, China has seen 24363 confirmed cases and 23260 suspected cases. In an effort to assist companies in better coping with the raging epidemic, DP has collected and integrated ...
As of February 11th, 2020, official sources indicate the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (“NCP”) has amassed a total of 42,717 confirmed cases and 21,674 suspected cases, sweeping across the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on an unprecedented level. Along with the gradual resumption of work, government authorities hav...
To deal with the epidemic situation, local governments in China have published a series of notices upon the delayed resumption of work. Recently, local governments have also made further arrangements upon epidemic prevention and control as well as safe production. Based on the previous article, together with the latest changes in reg...
On February 12th, the European Parliament ratified the EVFTA (EU Vietnam Free Trade Agreement) and the EVIPA (EU Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement). The two documents went through a negotiation period of eight years and were signed last June in Hanoi. They include commitments and provisions covering the fields of eco...
Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, which is a significant business challenge for companies operating in China, the Chinese central government along with local governments are making great efforts and mobilizing resources across the country to fight against the epidemic situation and adopt multiple measures to help businesses stabilize ...
To deal with the domestic epidemic situation in China, local governments have issued a series of control measures such as the delay of work resumption, traffic control, close crowded places etc. Under the trend of strict control, most shopping malls have chosen to close. By January 29, 2020, some large-scale commercial real estate co...
