On 28 September 2025 the Chinese legislator issued a novel Notice Regarding Implementing the Standards for Domestic Products and Relevant Policies in Government Procurement 国务院办公厅关于在政府采购中实施本国产品标准及相关政策的通知 guówùyuàn bàngōng tīng guānyú zài zhèngfǔ cǎigòu zhōng shíshī běnguó chǎnpǐn biāozhǔn jí xiāngguān zhèngcè de tōngzhī. The Notice is effective since 1 May 2026. It is relevant for foreign …
Des fleurons suisses, dont UBS, Novartis, Läderach, Glencore et Swiss Re, ont rencontré une importante délégation chinoise à Berne. Mais les participants suisses ne voulaient pas que la presse assiste à la table ronde. Par peur de fâcher Donald Trump? Source: https://www.blick.ch/fr/suisse/romande/rencontre-a-berne-entre-la-suisse-et-la-chine-le-business-se-developpe-discretement-id21884317.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-button
And they are doing things differently from their elders A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine Chinese brands making it big in America. Yet today shoppers in Manhattan can pop by the 2,800-square-metre store of Urban Revivo to pick up one of the Chinese retailer’s trendy outfits, which are all the …
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce have unveiled the 2025 version of the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment, outlining key measures to attract and use foreign capital with greater efforts, the commission said on Wednesday. The catalogue, which will be effective from February 1, 2026, represents an …
By ZHANG Ying L’intensification de la rivalité internationale oblige les législateurs suisses à choisir entre favoriser l’ouverture aux entreprises et protéger des industries clés face à d’éventuels concurrents. Les décideurs politiques suisses s’apprêtent à mettre en place, pour la première fois, un système de contrôle des investissements étrangers dans les secteurs critiques pour la sécurité …
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Chinese lawyers are making inroads into the global legal services market in response to growing demand from their compatriots abroad and a push from Beijing. Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3317864/chinese-law-firms-pivotal-moment-they-answer-call-go-global
China has moved to ban authorities from imposing fines on private businesses without a legal basis in the latest draft of a new private-economy promotion law, as the country’s leaders step up efforts to boost confidence in the private sector and shore up economic growth. Source: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3299981/china-steps-protections-private-sector-updated-draft-law
L’industriel suisse installé à Shanghai raconte son vécu durant la période marquée par les confinements successifs et la politique zéro covid imposés par Pékin. Il revient aussi sur la place des entreprises étrangères dans une Chine qui traverse non seulement une crise économique, mais connaît aussi des tensions politiques avec ses partenaires étrangers. Source : …
Le Conseil des Etats a voté lundi soir une motion qui appelle à créer un organe de surveillance des investissements étrangers. La Chambre basse se saisira de cet objet à l’automne. En attendant, le gouvernement et Economiesuisse confirment leur opposition Source : https://www.letemps.ch/economie/suisse-divisee-un-barrage-contre-capitaux-chinois
A representative office using temporary workers is challenging and more burdensome than direct employment, as agencies in practice release all responsibility after workers have been placed. Legal reforms have not clarified the situation, which means it may be time for investors to switch to a WFOE.
Even though there are obviously local specificities, Chinese-related dispute resolution is not much different than anywhere else in the world insofar as the following basic, universal principle is respected:“prévenir, c’est guérir”. This discussion of Chinese-related dispute resolution is meant for entrepreneurs in China or in business with a Chinese party, not for lawyers. Along with …
In 2004, Switzerland ranked as the 16th-biggest importer and 21st-biggest exporter of goods and the 10th-biggest importer and 18th-biggest exporter of services worldwide,1 a remarkable figure for a country with a population of less than seven-and a-half million persons. At the same time, it ranked 15th for inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) flows but 9th …
In Part I of this article, I discussed the promotion, the admission and the treatment of whenever trade is hampered or their investment harmed in the importing or host country. the legal remedies available to Swiss exporters and investors for protecting their interests half of this study of the legal framework of Swiss international trade …
In year 2000 Switzerland signed its one hundredth2 Bilateral Investment Treaty (“BIT”)3, all of which contain dispute resolution provisions…Switzerland’s BITs network thus represents the second largest BITs network in the world.