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Shanghai 144-hour visa-free transit policy adopts online pre-application process

From 1 November 2018, foreigners visiting China’s Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang area are now able to benefit from the 144-hour Visa-Exemption Transit online application process. The Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection and Shanghai Exit and Entry Bureau of Shanghai Public Security Bureau collaboratively developed the online pre-application system for 144-hour visa exemption transit. The adoption of the…

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Practical advice for doing business in China: Business cards, company names and more

From 5- 10 November 2018, Shanghai will host the China International Import Exposition (CIIE). CIIE was announced in May 2017 by President Xi Jinping during the Belt and Road Forum as a platform to actively open the Chinese market to the world in support of trade liberalization and economic globalisation. For those attending CIIE, perhaps…

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China’s first e-commerce law to go into effect from 1 January 2019

In recent years, e-commerce has boomed in China. And with the upcoming Singles’ Day, promoted annually by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and held on 11 November, we’re going to once again witness the power of e-commerce spending. The event, billed as ‘anti-Valentine's Day’ where Chinese singletons go on a global online shopping spree, last year rung…

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