Malaysian Economic and Trade Law Selection (Southeast Asian Economic and Trade Law Studies Series)

Author: Qi Xiyuan
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Publishing Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The "Southeast Asia Economic and Trade Legal Studies Series" organized and compiled by Yunnan Province is about to be presented to the public. The compilation of this series aims to support the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and provide Chinese enterprises, organizations, and individuals with knowledge and basic information about the legal systems and situations of the target countries. This series consists of twenty-one volumes, with the volume titled "ASEAN" introducing and explaining the basic situation of ASEAN, selecting important agreements, conventions, and other legal documents since its establishment. The remaining twenty volumes are economic and trade legal guides and selections for the ten ASEAN countries. The series provides relatively detailed guidance from a legal perspective on how to conduct economic and trade activities in the ten ASEAN countries. It offers a detailed introduction to the legal regulations of the ten ASEAN countries regarding foreign enterprise investment, trade, engineering contracts, and other aspects. It helps businesses, organizations, and individuals going to ASEAN to understand the industrial policies, tax policies, investment environments, and operational rules of the target countries. The series also provides a detailed explanation of the regulations concerning labor markets, capital markets, and natural resource development in the target countries. The series will help Chinese enterprises, organizations, and individuals comply with the legal systems of the target countries and use legal tools to protect their legitimate rights and interests. Additionally, each volume introduces the legal systems for handling commercial disputes, litigation, and arbitration that may occur in the target countries. We believe that the series will serve as a valuable reference tool for businesses going global and will also provide a valuable foundational resource for scholars and legal professionals (including lawyers providing cross-border legal services) studying the legal systems of ASEAN countries.
Premier Wen Jiabao once pointed out that the next 15 years will be a period of great development for China and ASEAN. The "China-ASEAN Free Trade Area" will be the most promising free trade area globally, with approximately 100 million consumers and a total trade volume of 1.2 trillion US dollars. The comprehensive development process of this trade area has already been initiated. More and more visionary Chinese enterprises are considering the ten ASEAN countries as important bases for implementing their "going global" strategy and participating in international competition. At the same time, how to invest legally, how to effectively utilize preferential policies of the target countries, and how to protect their rights and interests have become topics of concern for Chinese enterprises.
Yunnan Province organized and compiled this "Southeast Asia International Economic and Trade Legal Studies Series." As a "Key Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project of Yunnan Province in 2005," the series provides relatively detailed guidance from a legal perspective on how to conduct economic and trade activities in the ten ASEAN countries, compiled by hundreds of scholars and practitioners. The series consists of twenty-one volumes, with the volume titled "ASEAN" selecting various important legal documents since the establishment of ASEAN; the remaining twenty volumes are selections and guides on the economic and trade legal systems of the ten ASEAN countries. The former includes selections of important legal documents of each country, while the latter provides detailed and accessible interpretations of these documents. The series is an indispensable reference tool for modern enterprises investing in ASEAN and a valuable resource for scholars and cross-border legal professionals studying ASEAN's legal systems.