Since 2010, I have authored and published the China lawyer Blog. Thanks for visiting.

Since you've clicked the "About" button, I'm sure you're hoping to learn a little more about the blog and me. I was licensed to practice law in China more than ten years ago. I am a senior attorney practicing in Guangdong Huashang Law Firm. My primary office is in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. However, I handle cases all across the cities and provinces including Dongguan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shunde, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei (which is my hometown) and other inland areas.  My practice includes representing and counseling foreigners on labor and employment law, family law, IP law, Corporation law, criminal defense through practical considerations and application of the law.  I also work on commercial litigation and other types of litigation matters, which you will hear me discuss much on this blog.

This blog discusses new and noteworthy developments in many legal fields in China. I believe over the coming two years, it'll become a place where those items are discussed, debated and explored. While we've had over 90,000 views of the blog since its inception, your involvement in the blog through suggestions, comments, criticisms and praises remains crucial to its long-term success.  Indeed, recently it's been suggested by one person that "Jumping feet-first into the blogopshere expanded the national reputation of lawyer Peter Chu as the go-to guy on China Foreign-related Law issues."  That's high praise and I'm humbled by the outpouring of support that has been displayed over the years.

The following summarizes just some of my experience over the years, which specifically targets at the International Small-Medium Enterprise, of all matters of China business and trade, including sourcing, selling to China, processing trade agreements, outsourcing production to China, IP issues, the various types of business establishment available, operational risks, human resources, taxes, claiming back export taxes, and is an essential collection of material designed to assist the international SME understand the Chinese business environment, its pitfalls and how to make money trading, servicing or manufacturing in the fastest growing economy today.

The topics listed here certainly make a lot of sense for an SME looking at China:

• China related commercial international trading
• China Criminal Defense
• Divorce and Marriage in China
• Effective China Sourcing
• Selling Goods & Services to China
• Processing Trade Agreements
• Outsourcing To China
• Setting up business and companies in China
• Representative Offices
• Foreign Invested Commercial (Trading) Enterprises
• Wholly Foreign Owned (Manufacturing) Enterprises
• Joint Ventures
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• China’s Development & Free Trade Zones
• Operation, such factories labor and employment issue
• Basic Due Diligence
• Faulty or Inefficient Business Applications
• Common Mistakes Foreign Investors Make in China
• Intellectual Property
• Managing Human Resources
• China tax, audit and compliance
• Tax Planning
• Chinese Tax Reporting
• Structural Inefficiencies Caused By Lack of Attention to Detail
• Obtaining Export Tax Rebates
• Extending China’s Tax Holidays
• Annual Licensing & Renewal Obligations

Please revisit this China lawyer Blog occasionally and please feel free to ask us any questions you may have.