U.S. Senate passes bill threatening sanctions against financial institutions, officials over Hong Kong; China shortens negative lists to further open up economy to foreign investment; and CSRC plans to grant securities licenses to domestic commercial banks
ChiNext finalizes reforms liberalizing listing process while tightening disclosure requirements; Hong Kong sees major secondary listings in quick succession with Nasdaq-listed NetEase and JD.com; and American Express becomes first foreign player approved to offer card-clearing services in China
Quoting of defaulted bond trading is subject to regulation
New Third Board companies are allowed to transfer and list on other boards
Major plan for Hainan to become globally-recognized free trade port released; Swiss bank Credit Suisse takes majority control of securities JV; and U.S.-China animosity extends to aviation industry with bans and walk backs
CBIRC supports foreign bank branches in applying for fund custody qualifications
A second set of opinions guiding trials of COVID-19 disputes arising from change in costs
Measures are issued to welcome the return of red-chips to the China stock market
Beijing imposes national security law on Hong Kong; U.S. adds more Chinese entities to Entity List; and Alibaba, Xiaomi set to join benchmark Hong Kong index
HSBC becomes sole controller of Chinese life insurance venture; first U.S. IPO from China after Luckin scandal raises $510 million; and the CBIRC proposes new rules to regulate online lending.
