Michael H.K. Ng is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the academia, he has 15-year experience in direct investment in China. Apart from being an experienced commercial lawyer, he also previously served as the Chief Investment Officer of Hutchison Whampoa Group's listed conglomerate and partner of a China-focused private equity fund. He specializes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, direct investments, joint ventures and corporate finance transactions and offered graduate course on foreign direct investment in China at university. He also researches in legal history of China and Hong Kong. His works have appeared in the Journal of Comparative Law, the International Journal of Asian Studies and Hong Kong Law Journal, among others.

This book should form one of the core guidebooks for corporations' business development professionals, private equity investors, venture capitalists and any business executive who needs to be occasionally involved in searching for direct investment opportunities in China, as well as scholars in the field of China business or international business studies who would like to learn about how investments were actually made in the battlefield. This is one of the very few books on FDI in China in the market which covers both the theoretical perspectives as well as the real life experiences of investors.

1. Introduction 2. Foreign Direct Investment in China: History and Development 3. Introducing Theoretical Frameworks: Determinants of FDI 4. Introducing Theoretical Frameworks: Effects of FDI 5. Key Steps for Direct Investment Transactions in China: Due Diligence 6. Key Steps for Direct Investment Transactions in China: Term Sheet 7. Strategizing Investments in China in the Next Decade