An income tax treaty between China and the United Kingdom entered into force on 13 December 2013, and is effective from 2014. The new treaty replaces the 1984 treaty between the two countries and provides for lower rates of dividend and royalties withholding tax, an exclusion of certain capital gains on minority shareholdings from taxation, and provides for more restrictive permanent establishment (PE) provisions.
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