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How China Government Regulates Risk Prevention for Bitcoin Transaction？

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(By You Yunting)  The Circular on Issues Concerning Risks Prevention forBitcoinwas published on December 3rd in regards to regulating the bitcoin bubble, a virtual currency bubble, that has exploded in popularity in China and soared in value in recent months.The circular was issued jointly by People’s Bank of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (the “MIIT”), China Banking Regulatory Commission (the “CBRC”), China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and China Insurance Regulatory Commission (the “CIRC”), which states that Bitcoin has no legal status of monetary equivalent and must not circulate on the Chinese market.

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Why did the “Gatekeeper” of the Capital Market Fail to Fulfill its Duties?

(By Yu Zhiyuan and Bai Lituan) In the capital market, agency institutions’ participation greatly reduces the degree of information asymmetry of market subjects, and plays a significant role in the capital market; thus, the agency institutions and their professionals are named by the industry as the “gatekeepers” of the capital market. Ever since the Enron Corporation scandal became public and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) was published, in order to better protect the interests of public investors, all countries are attempting to apply new approaches to security supervision. Thus far, enhancing the gatekeepers’ obligations is one of the ways to realize investor protection. Recently, fraudulent securities issuances and severe distortions of information disclosure are occurring frequently in China’s capital market, and this has a direct causal relationship with the gatekeepers’ mechanism failure.

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Latest Laws and Regulations of August 2012, II

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V. The State Administration of Taxation Issued Measures for Administration of Enterprises Income Tax on Incomes from Policy-based Relocation.

Recently, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Measures for Administration of Enterprises Income Tax on Incomes from Policy-based Relocation (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”), which take into effect on 1st of October, 2012, meanwhile, the Notice of the State Administration of Taxation on Relevant Issues Concerning the Enterprise Income Tax on Incomes from Policy-based Relocation or Disposal of Assets (Guo Shui [2009]118) was abolished. The Measures define the income, expenses, taxation treatment of asset and others concerning relocation. The policy-based relocation of an enterprise refers to an enterprise wholly or partly relocates according to the lead of the government in consideration of the requirements of social public interests, such as diplomacy, the implementation of energy, water conservation, transportation and other public utilities and affordable housing project and so on.

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Latest Laws and Regulations of August 2012, I

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I. Eight Provinces Including Beijing will gradually Develop the Pilots to be Levied VAT Instead of Business Tax from 1st of August, 2012.

The Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the Notice on Developing the Pilots to be Levied VAT Instead of Business Tax in Transportation Industry and Partly Modern Services Industry in 8 Provinces or Cities including Beijing (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”) on 31st of July, 2012. According to the Notice, upon the approval of the State Council, the range of pilots is extended to Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei and Guangdong. The transition of such tax policy shall be completed before 1st of September, 2012 in Beijing, 1st of November, 2012 in Fujian and Guangdong and 1st of December, 2012 in Tianjin, Zhejiang and Hubei. The pilot plan is basically the same as that of Shanghai. On 10th of August, 2012, the State Administration of Taxation published the Announcement on Relevant Issues concerning Qualification Verification of a General VAT Taxpayer in 8 Provinces and Cities Including Beijing Developing Pilots to be Levied VAT Instead of Business Tax.

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