78026 Business and Law in China

6cp
Requisite(s): (77885 Legal Process and Legal Research OR (60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice AND 70211 Contracts))
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Postgraduate

Subject coordinator

C Hawes

With China's emergence as a new economic superpower, and with ever-deepening business ties between Australia and China, it is crucial that students gain an up-to-date understanding of Chinese business law and an awareness of major differences between Australian and Chinese legal and business cultures. This subject focuses on areas of Chinese law that are most relevant for foreign businesses and for law firms with a China practice. Topic areas covered include:

• Chinese legal culture/business culture
• challenges of doing business in China – politics, bureaucracy, corruption, personal connections
• Chinese business enterprise law – state-owned enterprises, companies limited by shares, township and village enterprises, private entrepreneurs, foreign-invested enterprises
• pitfalls surrounding contracts and business transactions with Chinese enterprises
• foreign investment regime in China
• Chinese banking/finance system and capital markets
• business dispute resolution and litigation.

This subject is structured in a semi-intensive format, meeting on four Saturdays during the semester. Teaching and learning strategies include a combination of lectures, group discussion, online feedback and online discussion.

Note(s)

1. This subject was formally called Chinese Corporate Commercial Law.

2. Students who have completed an introductory subject in Chinese law need not attend the first class but are welcome to attend if they wish.