The Shanghai Stock Exchange has allowed institutional bond investors to engage brokerages and Guangdong Province has issued its first rules to protect financial consumer rights
This week China investigated foreign medical device companies on bribery suspicions, police raided Uber's Guangzhou office and several foreign institutions were approved to invest in China's US$5.9 trillion bond market
The State Council has expanded the infrastructure sectors open to public-private partnerships and the PRC Advertising Law and Food Safety Law have been amended
This week the State Council unveiled a combined Negative List for all Free Trade Zones, the first joint operation in the Shanghai FTZ between a local and international firm was announced and the Beijing IP Court's case statistics revealed trademark trends
The SAIC has required dominant market players to license their IP, the CIRC has expanded offshore investments of insurance capital and the NDRC has allowed selected regions to independently determine power prices
This week Yum opened a high-end restaurant to revive its China sales, regulators threatened to shut down Sina's news services and Alibaba faced tax payments as its second lock-up expired
This week the government told local authorities to stop giving tax breaks and incentives, Hewlett-Packard neared a deal to sell its data networking business and Facebook worked harder for business from Chinese companies
The CSRC has removed QDII requirements for trading via the Shanghai-HK Stock Connect, the PBOC and Customs have restricted gold imports and exports and the State Council has integrated all mandatory standards