Capital Markets

China scraps QFII quotas on foreign investment in capital markets; China and U.S. exchange goodwill gestures ahead of trade talks; CBIRC tightens regulation surrounding affiliate transactions in insurance sector; and surge in pork prices spark government scramble to increase production with subsidies

The CSRC is to revise measures to achieve quality restructurings of listed companies

Risk control on investments of securities companies is loosened

CSRC allows funds to participate in short sale of securities

China-U.S. trade war further escalates with latest retaliatory tariff hikes from both sides; Chinese outbound M&A continues downward spiral amid trade war and heightened regulatory scrutiny; Goldman Sachs set to take majority control of Chinese securities JV; and Beijing to trial foreign investment in VPN services by the end of the year

China allows banks to trade bonds on stock exchanges

Zhou Xuan and Li Shi of Jingtian & Gongcheng highlight provisions of the third draft of the amendments to the Securities Law and discuss this history, current application and future trend of the delisting mechanism for China’s stock exchanges

The CSRC simplifies information disclosure requirements for public funds

China has unveiled 11 measures to open up the country's financial sector and scrap foreign shareholding caps in most financial sectors in a bid to bolster and stabilize growth.

Following on the success of the Stock Connect program, China and the U.K. are now planning a Bond Connect scheme; China eases immigration rules to attract more foreign talents; and Ping An’s Lufax platform is rumored to be quitting P2P lending.