January 2026 Contents E-Visa and Entry Policy Evolution: Easier Travel, More Conditional Access Data, Cybersecurity & Digital Regulations: Enforcement Overhaul Foreign Investment Laws: Balancing Self-Reliance with Foreign Capital Needs Export Control Policies: Critical Supply Chain & Dual-Use Focus As we look at 2026, several regulatory and policy trends are emerging in China that foreign companies, and those considering engagement with China, need to understand. These develo

Dr. Hans Au - 14. Feb. 2024 Die Ära des Primats der Kostenoptimierung in internationalen Handelsbeziehungen und für global agierende Unternehmen geht zu Ende. Angesichts weltweiter geopolitischer Spannungen und der durch COVID offengelegten Schwächen von Lieferketten fokussieren sich globale Unternehmensstrategien zunehmend auf Lieferkettensicherheit und auf handelspolitische Verlässlichkeit. Zusätzlich schwächt sich das Wachstum in China ab. Was bedeutet das für Unternehme

By Dr. Hans Au - 3 May 2024 Since 2023 DCC offices in Beijing and Munich have received dozens of enquiries from mainland Chinese companies regarding offshoring (in Chinese: 出海 chu hai). The drivers for Chinese businesses to go offshore are typically the following: (1) a rapidly shrinking market share and growth in China (due to cut-throat competition, deflation and over supply), (2) a desire to lessen the dependency from a single country with opaque economic policy, (3) purs