Archive for December, 2011

Foreign Trade Law of China

The development of Foreign Trade Law of People’s Republic of China is a great mirror of China’s economic system reform, opening-up policy and earnest commitment toWTO. The first Foreign Trade Law was enacted in 1994 as the result of the international trade boom since China announced “opening” to the outside world in 1978. To accommodate WTO’s requirements and discharge its obligations, China overhauled the Foreign Trade Law and promulgated a new revision in 2004, two years after its entry to WTO. This new Foreign Trade Law includes 11 chapters and 70 clauses, removing and revising all stipulations not in line with WTO rules and adding facilitating regulations for foreign trade development. Read more…

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Adoption Law of China

Adoption Law of the People’s Republic of China is the main legal regulation in China which is composed of six chapters, including 34 articles. The law is first adopted on 1991, and then revised in 1998. In the current edition, eligibility restrictions for adoption are loosened and adoption procedures are streamlined based on the previous edition. Read more…

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