The Great Hall of the People where delegates to the National People’s Congress were handed the latest draft of China’s new foreign investment law. Photo: Simon Song
China promises companies ‘we will keep your secrets’ with new foreign investment law
- Updated foreign investment law due to come into effect from January 1, 2020
- Legislation is seen as Beijing’s answer to demand from US President Donald Trump to stop US firms being forced to transfer technologies to local partners
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Two Sessions 2019 (Lianghui)
The Great Hall of the People where delegates to the National People’s Congress were handed the latest draft of China’s new foreign investment law. Photo: Simon Song
Ning Jizhe, the head of China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Photo: EPA
China economy enjoys ‘good start’ to 2019 despite slumping car and mobile phone sales
- Mobile phone sales plunged 19.9 per cent in February, while total vehicle sales fell for an eighth straight month in the world’s biggest car market
- National Bureau of Statistics is expected to release industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment data for January and February on Thursday
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Two Sessions 2019 (Lianghui)
Ning Jizhe, the head of China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Photo: EPA