Transfer Pricing Disputes in China

Authors

Jinyan Li, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Source Publication

Resolving Transfer Pricing Disputes: A Global Analysis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012, Chapter 16, pp. 634-667

Keywords

China; pricing; transfer

Abstract

Transfer pricing is a relatively new issue in the People’s Republic of China. China opened its door to foreign investors in the late 1970s and multinational enterprises brought their transfer pricing practices to China. It was not until 1991 that China enacted the first transfer pricing law. As expected, China imported the arm’s length principle to deal with the imported transfer pricing problem. Because the Chinese legal culture differs in many respects from that of OECD countries, especially the United States where the arm’s length standard originated, adaptation of the OECD-based solution is inevitable. In addition, China’s national interest in cross-border transfer pricing matters have changed over the past three decades, which has led to corresponding changes in China’s approach to resolving transfer pricing disputes.

Transfer pricing is a relatively new issue in the People’s Republic of China. China opened its door to foreign investors in the late 1970s and multinational enterprises brought their transfer pricing practices to China. It was not until 1991 that China enacted the first transfer pricing law. As expected, China imported the arm’s length principle to deal with the imported transfer pricing problem. Because the Chinese legal culture differs in many respects from that of OECD countries, especially the United States where the arm’s length standard originated, adaptation of the OECD-based solution is inevitable. In addition, China’s national interest in cross-border transfer pricing matters have changed over the past three decades, which has led to corresponding changes in China’s approach to resolving transfer pricing disputes.

Repository Citation

Li, Jinyan, "Transfer Pricing Disputes in China" (2012). Articles & Book Chapters. 376.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/376