Banking and Finance Laws

Trump issues executive order prohibiting purchasing of securities in Chinese military-affiliated companies; China signs RCEP trade agreement with 14 other Asia-Pacific countries; and SAMR releases draft antimonopoly rules targeting internet companies

CBIRC regulates online small loans that use big data

Ant Group dual-listing suspended following new micro-lending rules draft; new draft rules for financial holding companies' leadership; and national carbon emission trading scheme draft measures published

Established in 2014, the New Development Bank was set up by China and the four other BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa) to finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the BRICS and other emerging economies. As of July 2020, the NDB has approved loans of $18.6 billion. Abhimanyu Ghosh, Senior Counsel at the NDB based in the bank’s headquarters in Shanghai, discusses his role at the bank, the bank’s rapid response to COVID-19, setting environmental and social terms for their loans, as well as how working for a multilateral development bank is different from working for a law firm. The in-house legal team at the NDB was the winner of the In-House Team of the Year International at the recent 2020 China Law and Practice Awards.

Multilateral development banks are immune from judicial proceedings, which changes the nature of in-house work

Hong Kong to allow certain overseas-listed Chinese companies with corporate weight voting rights to secondary list; China expected to grow at weakest pace in 44 years according to Reuters poll; and CFFEX approves equity index futures trading for qualified foreign investors

PBOC publishes draft law revision with new provisions on digital currency; SAFE official announces plans to roll out new QDII outbound investment quotas; and 2020 "Sword Net" operation to look into unfair competition in e-commerce sector

CBIRC specifies requirements of the countercyclical capital buffer mechanism

Shenzhen is spearheading reforms in capital account liberalization and promoting RMB internationalization

State Council eases investment procedures for telecommunications services, oil products and QFIIs