{"id":212162,"date":"2019-03-16T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=212162"},"modified":"2019-03-16T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T08:34:54","slug":"landmark-move-china-introduces-a-new-investment-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/03\/16\/landmark-move-china-introduces-a-new-investment-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark Move | China introduces a new &#8220;Investment Law&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As reported by the media, <strong>China has introduced a new<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;Investment Law&#8221; on 15-03-2019 <\/strong>with the aim to ease global concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The said law is said to come in effect from 01-01-2020. It replaces three landmark laws passed in the 1970s and 1980s, which set the framework for the country\u2019s transition from decades of economic isolation. 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