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Studia Iuridica

Regulatory Simplifications for Foreign Investors in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

2019, 82, No. 1

Maximilian Piekut

Univeristy of Warsaw

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.9620

Publication date

02.03.2020

Publishing model

open access

License type

CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Law

Discipline

law

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

The present article deals with the legal regime in Shanghai Free Trade Zone in the context of business activity taken up by foreign (Polish) entities on the territory of the People’s Republic of China. First of all, the author discusses the general problems in international exchange between Poland and the PRC as well as the chief barriers in access to the Chinese market. The following section of the article is devoted to the general legal provisions that apply to foreign businesses in the Middle Kingdom. Part three discusses preliminary issues related to Shanghai Free Trade Zone with regard to partnerships and companies established by foreign entities. The final section concerns the legislative simplifications in the Free Trade Zone as compared with the general regulations which apply to foreign (Polish) businesses in the PRC. The conclusion features an evaluation of the simplifications and their attractiveness for Polish businesses.

Keywords:

China,legal and administrative barriers to trade,Free Trade Zone,foreign businesses in China,Chiny,prawne i administracyjne bariery w handlu,Strefa Wolnego Handlu,biznes obcy w Chinach

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