China World Summit Wing Mooncake Promotions

CHINA WORLD SUMMIT WING, BEIJING OFFERS GLAMOROUS MOONCAKES IN CONSTELLATION COLLECTION   Beijing, July 2019 – China World Summit Wing, Beijing reinvents the art of tradition with a selection of glamorous mooncake gift boxes and hampers filled with new mooncake flavours and imported food items to celebrate this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. The new mooncake collection is distinguished …

MEMBER EVENT | Cutting-Edge Insights From China – Brought to you by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

With a rapidly changing China comes challenges for business leaders to keep up with the latest market opportunities, technologies, business models, and social innovations. How can business leaders stay ahead of the developments and understand the key issues driving these changes? China’s first independent business school, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), launches a …

Pinsent Masons Out-Law Asia Pacific August Updates

Through its daily Out-Law service, international law firm Pinsent Masons brings us the latest news and analysis on concerning Asia-Pacific matters, including financial developments in China and Singapore, and infrastructure projects in the Philippines. You can find these updates via our Member News section, or from the links below: Beijing’s new airport chooses Emaar Properties …

MEMBER NEWS | Significant changes to security of payment regime in Singapore

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons Significant changes to the security of payment regime in Singapore are due to come into force in the near future. The changes contained in the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Bill 2018 are the most extensive changes to the Security of Payment Act (SOP Act) since it became …

MEMBER NEWS | The rise of unsolicited proposals for infrastructure projects in Asia

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons There has been a significant increase in the number of unsolicited proposals (USPs) for greenfield and brownfield public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in Asia over the past two years. Unlike solicited proposals where a government entity launches a formal public tender, in the case of an unsolicited proposal, it is the …

MEMBER NEWS | Philippines and ADB sign loan for Malolos-Clark railway project

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Philippine government have signed an agreement which will see $1.3 billion provided to help finance the Malolos-Clark railway project. The ADB is co-financier of the project and has agreed to provide a total $2.75bn loan facility to support construction. According to the ADB statement, …

MEMBER NEWS | US private firms to take part in Philippines’ infrastructure programme

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons US ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim has said that US is supporting the Duterte administration’s ambitious ‘build, build, build’ infrastructure programme and American private companies will take part in major infrastructure projects under this programme, according to CNN. This project has also been financed through Chinese loans and grants. The …

MEMBER NEWS | China to open finance sector up to more foreign investment in 2020

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons China will remove some restrictions on foreign investment in the financial sector in 2020, a year earlier than expected, according to a statement from the China’s Financial Stability and Development Commission. The statement followed the sixth meeting of the financial stability and development committee chaired by China’s vice premier Liu He. …

MEMBER NEWS | Foreign arbitration institutions can establish in new Shanghai FTZ area

Written by Out-Law, Pinsent Masons Foreign arbitration and dispute resolution institutions are allowed to establish business organisations in the new Lingang area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, according to plans published by China’s State Council.  The plan said that the new section would compete with leading free trade zones, would open up the …