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Following the Chinese State Council’s call for providing more financial support to cash-strapped small enterprises under the country’s tightening monetary environment, the State Administration of Taxation and Ministry of Finance recently co-issued a new circular that will grant favorable tax treatment to financial institutions when they offer loans to small enterprises.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held a State Council Executive Meeting on October 26 which reached the decision to commence a pilot project within the Shanghai Municipality for the deepening of VAT reform.

Shenzhen was approved by China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce to be the first e-commerce model city in September 2009, following the State Council’s issuance of “Certain Opinions on Accelerating the Development of E-commerce (Guobanfa [2005] No. 2)” in 2005, which provided general guidance for the development of e-commerce in China.

China will start levying anti-dumping duties on imports of caprolactam – an organic compound that is used in the manufacturing of synthetic fibers – from the United States and the European Union, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MoC).

In its recent announcement, the Chinese State Administration of Taxation (SAT) specified the business tax (BT) calculation method for rail transport operations that are conducted through cooperation among different companies.

Following the issuance of a circular draft concerning cross-border RMB-denominated foreign direct investment (FDI) in August, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has recently fixed and released the official legal document, which can be used as a guidance for foreign investors who intend to conduct FDI with RMB legally obtained overseas.

China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) issued the “Announcement on Applicable Consumption Tax Rates for Mixed Liquors (SAT Announcement [2011] No.53)” on September 28, clarifying the consumption tax rates for different types of mixed liquors.

China’s State Council announced measures yesterday to provide tax relief and financial easing towards the nations small-medium enterprises. Acknowledging that SME’s play a crucial “role in job creation and social harmony,” the measures are a timely response to a structural issue that has long plagued China – getting sufficient capital to smaller businesses.

Taxpayers in China who transfer their immovable property or land use rights to others are not liable for business tax (BT) payments, a recent official document says.

After being delayed twice, China’s resource tax reform is finally going national. Starting on November 1, crude oil and natural gas will be taxed based on sales rather than the amount of production, and coking coal as well as rare earths will be subject to higher tax rates.