Previously, we mentioned that there are two situations where a company is in debt and its shareholders can accelerate the maturity of their capital contributions. Today, we will talk about the third scenario: when a company is dissolved, its assets are insufficient to pay off its debts.

In litigation practice, the selection and determination of the court of jurisdiction have a significant impact on the litigation costs, litigation efficiency, and even the judgment results of the parties involved. Both parties to the litigation often engage in intense games regarding the determination of the court of jurisdiction. When the plaintiff sues, they will weigh the pros and cons and choose the court that best suits their own interests, while the defendant often seeks to transfer the case to a court that is advantageous to them by applying for objection to jurisdiction. Therefore, it is particularly important to better understand and master the relevant provisions of the transfer jurisdiction system. According to the reasons for making a transfer jurisdiction ruling, transfer jurisdiction can be divided into transfer based on application and transfer based on authority. Transfer by application is more common, but transfer by authority is not common. We will now explore some issues related to the transfer of jurisdiction by authority.

The "red line expenditure" usually refers to the expenditure incurred for the construction of public facilities or other projects outside the boundary of the project construction land. For example, expenses incurred for the construction of roads, bridges, parks, schools, hospitals, greenery and other facilities outside the project planning. So is this type of expenditure allowed to be deducted by real estate development enterprises during land value-added tax liquidation? There is no clear regulation at the level of the General Administration, and some provinces and cities have introduced local policies that either agree to deduct or prohibit deductions. So, what should be done for most provinces and cities that do not have regulations? This article elaborates on its viewpoints for readers' reference.

As mentioned in the previous section, the first scenario where a company is in debt and can be held accountable for accelerating the maturity of its capital contributions is for shareholders. Today, let's talk about the second scenario: after a company's debt arises, the company extends the shareholder's contribution period.

On March 28, 2023, the Qingdao Municipal Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation released the "2022 Report on the Construction of a Rule of Law Government". In the seventh part of "Improving Rights Relief and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms", it was mentioned that the Qingdao Municipal Taxation System accepted 49 applications for tax law assistance (tax dispute assistance) in 2022, and 12 of them changed their original handling opinions, accounting for 24%. Compared to the reports on the construction of a rule of law government published by other provinces, only the tax system of Qingdao City has a dispute resolution mechanism of tax law assistance. And this system has not appeared at the level of national legal documents. So what is "tax law assistance", what role does it play in the mechanism for resolving tax disputes, and what types of cases and taxpayers are it applicable to? Next, we will analyze one by one.

On the evening of April 4, 2023, a listed company with a market value of 100 billion yuan, 360, suddenly announced that the actual controllers, Mr. Zhou Hongyi and Ms. Hu Huan, had gone through friendly negotiations to terminate their marriage relationship and made relevant arrangements for share splitting and other matters.

Recently, a screenshot of the WeChat chat related to "Employees' Forced Overtime and Anger towards Leaders during Qingming Festival" has sparked a heated discussion on the internet. According to the screenshot, the cause of the incident was that in the WeChat chat group of "CETC Software Development Class", two employees were designated by the leaders to work overtime during Qingming Festival. One of the employees, Chen, explicitly refused to work overtime and angered the leader, venting his resentment of working overtime in the past period of time. Chen's move resonated with colleagues from multiple departments, expressing support through collective resignation, ultimately leading to 23 people in the software development department collectively requesting resignation, and dozens of hardware and other department employees also resigning. With the fermentation of public opinion, in addition to the support and condemnation attitudes of netizens, the latest rumor refutation news has been reported by the media, claiming that the rumored party Chen has no relationship with China Electronics Technology, and the online chat records are suspected to be forged. However, regardless of whether the incident is fraudulent or not, the situation of "forced overtime" is indeed a potential problem that workers may face in the workplace. Our lawyers will provide a brief analysis of the legal issues involved in this matter.

On March 1, 2023, the Supreme People's Court issued the third batch of typical civil cases in which people's courts vigorously promote socialist core values, the "Labor Dispute Case between Mr. Li and an e-commerce enterprise", advocating that enterprises should reasonably assume the social responsibility of filial piety and respect for the elderly, appropriately accommodate and encourage employees' filial behavior of caring for their parents, provide convenience for asking for leave, and reflect the core value of "workplace friendliness.".

REITs products have been brewing in China for nearly 20 years. Ten years ago, when the author discussed the REITs he had served with the industry elites in the infrastructure field who worked at the Red Circle Institute at that time, he exclaimed, "Without the tax policy and related supporting support for the balance sheet, what I did was actually only REITs.". However, ten years later, a strong wind blew in: In April 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Securities Regulatory Commission issued the "Notice on Promoting the Pilot Work of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in the Infrastructure Sector" and the "Guidelines for Public Offering of Infrastructure Securities Investment Funds (Trial Implementation)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines for Infrastructure Funds"), marking the final implementation of relevant policies for REITs. After more than a year of deliberation, in July 2021, the first batch of 9 publicly offered REITs funds received approval from the CSRC for listing, raising more than 31.4 billion yuan. Based on national conditions, the main goal of the first batch of REITs products is to effectively activate existing assets and stimulate new investment. Therefore, strict restrictions are imposed on pilot areas and industries, focusing on economic infrastructure areas such as warehousing and logistics, transportation facilities, municipal engineering, and other areas where government investment is large, business cycles are long, and it is relatively difficult to realize. Since then, the National Development and Reform Commission has issued the "Notice on Further Improving the Pilot Work of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in the Infrastructure Sector" to expand the scope of the pilot project from specific regions to the whole country, and also significantly expand the capacity in the industry, including energy infrastructure such as wind power and photovoltaic. At the end of December 2022, both AVIC Jingneng Photovoltaic REITs and CITIC Construction Investment National Power Investment Offshore Wind Power REITs products had received unanimous approval letters from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and a breakthrough in new energy REITs was imminent, triggering widespread attention in the industry.