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Regulations on
Protection of Rights

and Interests of
Foreign Investors

in Guangdong
Province

On February 22, the Standing Committee of
Guangdong Provincial People's Congress held
a special press conference on the Regulations on
Protection of Rights and Interests of Foreign Investors
in Guangdong Province (hereinafter referred to as “the
Regulations”) to introduce the legislation background,
process and main content of the Regulations, the foreign
capital utilization of Guangdong, and the opinions
on the follow-up implementation of the Regulations.
When asked about the comments on the regulation, Dr.
Harley Seyedin, President of the American Chamber
of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China),
said that the Regulations covers all aspects of foreign-
invested enterprises’ concerns. They include the IPR
and dispute handling issues to which the member
enterprises of AmCham South China have always
attached great importance. In addition, the Regulations
highlights the equal protection of foreign investment,
stipulates that access restrictions shall not be set for
foreign investment in areas other than the negative
list of access, and improves relevant policies to protect
the IPR of foreign investors. It also establishes and
improves a diversified dispute resolution mechanism to
safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign-
invested enterprises.

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