Rex Tillerson and President Xi Jinping talked cooperation, China's drug regulator drafted rules to boost entry of new medicines, IBM planned to bring Watson to the local market, and the annual consumer rights show targeted Nike and Muji
The CIRC has required offshore reinsurers to provide security measures, Guangdong has eased corporate operating cost burdens and a plan to make every single ingredient traceable by 2020 was launched
PRC courts heard a record number of corruption cases last year, top legislators suggested making defaming national heroes a civil offense, an SPC decision lacked detail on VIE contract enforceability, and seven new FTZs prepared to launch
SIPO has improved patent examination guidelines to accommodate new technology, AMAC has set registration requirements for private fund service firms and barriers to participation have been removed for foreign construction design companies
This week the NPC focused on controlling financial system risks, a minister suggested a wider budget deficit, and Baidu's Li proposed measures to attract foreign workers
SAFE has opened up FX derivative trading to foreign institutional investors, proposed EIT Law amendments have offered reductions for large donations, and the CBRC has released rules to govern the custody of P2P loan proceeds
FDI deals so far in 2017 have almost doubled on year to $7.1 billion, the State Council said it would more than halve the number of drug distributors to cut pharmaceutical prices, and the PBOC has run trials of its new cryptocurrency
