This November Practical Law China has expanded its coverage of corporate, FDI and M&A with the publication of Practice notes, National security review in China: overview and Merger control in China: a practical guide. The former provides an overview of the regulatory regime of the national security review (NSR) process in China, including the mechanisms for the NSR of foreign acquisitions and for within China's free trade zones. The latter gives an overview of the Chinese merger control review regime and its implementation rules, including the types of transactions subject to notification, consequences of failure to notify, timing of the review, potential clearance remedies, and required submission details.

For the employment and benefits practice area, we have published Standard clause, Employee handbook: sick leave policy, a template policy on sick leave for employees based in China that can be incorporated into a staff handbook.

In addition, we have strengthened our bilingual content with the publication of five Chinese language standard clauses for the employment and benefits practice area (see Chinese language version).

As usual, we have published our regular monthly roundup of key items for general counsel, GC Agenda China (see Article, GC Agenda China: November 2016) and separate legal updates for important legal and practical developments in this month (see Legal updates) and have updated a number of materials in the light of recent developments (see Maintenance).