4. | The following terms as used in this Opinion are defined as follows: |
“CSRC” means the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证券监督管理委员会);
“Governmental Authorities”/“Governmental Authority” means any national, provincial or local court, governmental agency or body, stock exchange authorities or any other regulator in the PRC;
“M&A Rules” means the “Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors” (《关于外国投资者并购境内企业的规定》) promulgated jointly by the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the CSRC, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on August 8, 2006, which became effective on September 8, 2006 and were amended on June 22, 2009;
“PRC Laws” means any and all laws, regulations, statutes, rules, decrees, notices, and supreme court’s judicial interpretations currently in force and publicly available in the PRC as of the date hereof;
“PRC Subsidiaries” means, collectively, the entities listed in SCHEDULE I hereto;
“Prospectus” means the prospectus, including all amendments or supplements thereto, that forms part of the Registration Statement
“US$” means the lawful currency of the United States;
“RMB” means the lawful currency of the PRC.
5. | Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below, we are of the opinion that: |
| (1) | The ownership structure of the PRC Subsidiaries as set forth in the Prospectus does, and immediately after giving effect to the Offering, will comply with all existing PRC Laws; and such description is true and accurate and nothing has been omitted from such description which would make the same misleading in any material respects. |
| (2) | We have advised the Company as to the content of the M&A Rules, in particular the relevant provisions thereof that purport, among other things, to require offshore special purpose vehicles, or SPVs, formed for overseas listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic enterprises and controlled by PRC enterprises or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock exchange. Based on our understanding of the PRC Laws, the approval from the CSRC is not required in the context of the Offering and the Company’s proposed listing and trading of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market, because (i) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether Offering and the Transaction are subject to the M&A Rules; and (ii) the PRC Subsidiaries which are wholly foreign-owned enterprises were incorporated by means of direct investment rather than by merger or acquisition of equity interest or assets of a PRC domestic company owned by PRC companies or individuals as defined under the M&A Rules that are the beneficial owners of the Company. However, uncertainties still exist as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted and implemented and our opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, rules and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. |
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