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What’s Next for the Variable Interest Entity Structure?

February 5, 2015 By Major Tian

China is revising the laws that govern the variable interest entity, a complicated structure used by many companies to bypass foreign investment restrictions. What are the implications?

Filed Under: All Articles, Finance, Know China, Policy and Law Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Foreign Investment, Government Regulation, JD.com, NDRC, Slider, Variable Interest Entities, VIEs, WFOE

The Alibaba IPO and How Chinese Companies Bypass Foreign Investment Restrictions

September 1, 2014 By Chirstopher Beddor

The upcoming Alibaba IPO has brought to the fore the contentious issue of how Chinese companies bypass foreign investment restrictions using a legal structure called the Variable Interest Entity (VIEs). A company in China is 100% owned by domestic parties, allowing it to obtain all necessary licenses to operate in a particular sector. It signs […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Finance, Know China, Policy and Law, Stock Exchange Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Chinese Company, eCommerce, Foreign Investment, Investment, Jack Ma, Sina Weibo, Slider, Stockmarket, VIEs, WFOE

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