This week China set its Five-Year Plan, a top internet banker called on regulators to intervene in "lawless" startup markets, new tax rules for Chinese consumers on overseas online retailers were issued and Big Pharma faced a big sales slowdown as hospitals cut costs
This week factories in China's industrial hubs struggled to restart after the New Year, a Chinese copper manufacturer operating in rural Alabama shared its story and the ChemChina-Syngenta deal's complex financing and CFIUS scrutiny were discussed
The SPC has clarified issues on joint property ownership, the deed tax rate has been lowered and rules for residential purchases by foreigners in Beijing have been relaxed
This week the government closed the gates to foreign investment in internet publishing services, tech leaders took sides on Apple's "duty" to unlock a terrorist's iPhone for an investigation and Qualcomm signed a new chip licensing deal with Lenovo
SAFE has relaxed investment restrictions for QFIIs, control over online publishing has been tightened and the PBOC has encouraged offshore financing in domestic enterprises
This week the McDonald's and Yum supplier was fined Rmb2.4 million, the Supreme People's Court will build an online platform to track punishments, SAFE relaxed QFII restrictions, Apple Pay was launched in China and the CFDA ended its AliHealth partnership
Qualified foreign banks have been invited to participate in currency trading, downpayments for personal housing loans have been lowered and MNCs' FX controls have been eased in the Guangdong FTZ
The PBOC has made it easier for FTZ entities to get offshore RMB/FX loans and the CSRC has tightened disclosure requirements for listed companies that issue bonds
This week China's stocks and capital outflows were analyzed, ex-Glaxo employees were charged with cancer drug data theft, investors criticized a local venture capital investment incentive and a probe into new-energy auto subsidies fraud began
The PBOC has limited banks' renminbi outflows, data compliance requirements for internet news outlets have increased and the CSRC has widened investment options for money market funds
