5th Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR), Beijing, China, 27-28 April 2006

The fifth meeting of FAIR took place on 27-28 April 2006 in Beijing, China. Participants examined the lessons from ten years of institutional and legal reforms of Asian insolvency systems and discussed the relevance of the international guidance to improving insolvency systems.

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