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Case: A Foreign Retailer Runs Its First Collective Redundancy in China — Union Consultation, Severance Funding and the Labour-Bureau Filing That Followed
Information date: 26 October 2026 — A collective redundancy in China covering twenty or more employees, or ten percent of a workforce, requires a written explanation to the trade union or to all staff, consultation on th
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Checklist: Closing a WFOE in China — Liquidator Filing, Tax Deregistration, Customs and Bank-Account Closure, Traced Through One Company’s Exit
Information date: 24 October 2026 — A standard WFOE exit runs through a liquidation group filed with SAMR within 10 days of the dissolution decision, a newspaper or national system liquidation notice with a 45-day credit
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Calculator: Military-Installation Proximity Screening — Setback Checks, Survey-Permit Steps and Added Weeks Before a Factory Construction Permit
Information date: 22 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 People's Daily reported that the CMC Chairman signed an order promulgating the Regulation on the Construction of Military Installations. For factory siting the operative
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FAQ: Apostille vs Consular Legalisation for Documents Used in the PRC — Which Papers Qualify, Which Banks Still Reject Them
Information date: 22 October 2026 — China became an Apostille Convention state on 7 November 2023. Public documents issued in another contracting state need only an apostille from that state's competent authority; docume
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Review: China’s National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System — What Foreign Buyers Can Verify and What Stays Unpublished
Information date: 21 October 2026 — The National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (gsxt.gov.cn), run by the State Administration for Market Regulation, publishes the unified social credit code, registration
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News: China’s ‘Protect Every Mountain and River’ Green Footprint — The Environmental Documents a Project File Must Hold From Day One
Information date: 9 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 People's Daily published a photo feature on environmental protection under the 'protect every mountain and river' theme. Translated into a project file, the documents a s
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China’s ‘Environment Is Livelihood’ Signal: FAQ on What Triggers Local Environmental Inspections
Information date: 30 September 2026 — On 5 June 2025, People's Daily published 'Study Notes: Environment Is Livelihood', framing ecological protection as a livelihood issue. For factories this signal points to faster res
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China Foreign Debt Registration FAQ: SAFE Filings, Quotas and Timing for Intercompany Loans
Information date: 30 September 2026 — Under China's macro-prudential cross-border financing framework, a non-financial domestic company may borrow overseas within a ceiling usually set at twice its net assets, adjusted b
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China Distributor Agreement Template Review: Exclusivity, Territory and Post-Termination Clauses
Information date: 29 September 2026 — This template governs appointment, exclusivity, territory, pricing, minimum purchase, trademark use, confidentiality, term and post-termination sell-off. The review point is that exc
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China Market Entry Resource Map: Which Official Portals Actually Answer Investor Questions
Information date: 22 September 2026 — China publishes market-entry rules across separate portals rather than one investor-facing service: MOFCOM covers foreign investment policy and enterprise filing, NDRC publishes the
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Case: A European Equipment Maker’s China Entry Decision, Step by Step
Information date: 21 September 2026 — A mid-size European machinery supplier with roughly 8% of revenue in China weighed three options: keep distributors, add a service WFOE, or build local assembly. Knowing that stateme