The Outline for the Companies Act Reform in Japan and Its Implications

  Download This PaperOpen PDF in Browser| Share | Email | Add to MyBriefcase | Purchase Bound Hard Copy The Outline for the Companies Act Reform in Japan and Its Implications Gen Goto University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Law and Politics November 1, 2013 Zeitschrift für japanisches Recht / Journal of Japanese Law, vol. 35 (2013)  Abstract:  This article provides…

The State Council Takes another Regulatory Initiative to Promote Efficient Management of the State-owned Assets

Several Opinions on Perfecting State-owned Assets Management System 国务院关于改革和完善国有资产管理体制的若干意见 (国发〔2015〕63号)         To enhance the performance of SOEs has been the top priority of Chinese government reform agenda. Among many others measures, the State Council recently has taken one more regulatory initiative by to promote the efficiency of the State-owned Assets management. On 4th…

The Political Logic of Corporate Governance in China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Download This PaperOpen PDF in Browser| Share | Email | Add to MyBriefcase | Purchase Bound Hard Copy The Political Logic of Corporate Governance in China’s State-Owned Enterprises JiangYu Wang National University of Singapore (NUS) – Faculty of Law December 1, 2014 Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2014  Abstract:  This paper adopts a political approach to analyze the relationship…

Who writes China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP)?

“If you want to know what China’s gonna do, best pay attention to the shi san wu [13-5].” Why the Five-Year Plan (FYP)? Although the three-minute long video, which attempts to promote China’s 13th Five-Year Plan, has received mostly negative feedbacks on its, inter alia, “Utterly Inane” (Time), the video does have successfully delivered the key message: i.e. the importance of the 13th Five-Year…

Reflections on the End of History for Corporate Law

  Download This PaperOpen PDF in Browser| Share | Email | Add to MyBriefcase Reflections on the End of History for Corporate Law Henry Hansmann Yale Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)   Reinier Kraakman Harvard Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute August 15, 2011 Convergence of Corporate Governance: Promise and Prospects, Abdul Rasheed and Toru Yoshikawa, eds., Palgrave-MacMillan,…

The End Of History For Corporate Law

  Download This PaperOpen PDF in Browser| Share | Email | Add to MyBriefcase | Purchase Bound Hard Copy The End Of History For Corporate Law Henry Hansmann Yale Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Reinier Kraakman Harvard Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute January 2000 Yale Law School Working Paper No. 235; NYU Working Paper No. 013; Harvard Law School…

World Bank Group Report: Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises — A Toolkit

World Bank. 2014. Corporate Governance of State- Owned Enterprises: A Toolkit. DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0222-5. Washington, DC: World Bank. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO Objectives This toolkit provides an overarching framework for the corporate gover- nance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), along with the tools and informa- tion for making practical improvements.1 Drawing on global…

The CSRC Encourages Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings, Cash Dividends and Share Repurchase by Listed Companies (《关于鼓励上市公司兼并重组、现金分红及回购股份的通知》)

On 31 August 2015, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), releases a Circular on Encouraging Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings, Cash Dividends and Share Repurchase by Listed Companies (《关于鼓励上市公司兼并重组、现金分红及回购股份的通知》, 证监发[2015]61号)   The Aims The Circular…

Supreme People’s Procuratorate (“SPP”) Mandates the New Accountability System for People’s Procuratorates (《关于完善人民检察院司法责任制的若干意见》)

  On 25 September, 2015, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (“SPP”) issued the Several Opinions on Improving the Judicial Accountability System for People’s Prucuratorates. (“SPP Opinions”). The Background The establishment of the accountability system of PP is one of many initiatives to implement the judicial system reform agenda, firstly adopted by the CPC Report at its 16th Party Congress on…