Legal

Registered capital requirement for futures companies is raised, usable area shall be adopted for sale of residential housing and marital or maternity status may not be asked when hiring female employees

Authorities have shut down batches of P2P platforms as defaults mount. A full regulatory review is expected to complete by end of March.

CNIPA defines irregular trademark application

Blockchain information services will be subject to record filing

China's State Council will soon be regulating gene editing and biotechnologies; in a major sting on illegal P2P lenders, Chinese authorities netted Rmb10 billion in assets and arrested 62 people from 16 countries; and Chinese regulators increase the pressure on banks to boost lending to SMEs.

Zhuhai allows foreign PE firms to raise funds in China

Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing is targeted at funding of new financial institutions, securities fund trading is required to be conducted through securities companies and CSRC regulates manager of manager products

Daisy Duan, partner, and Linlin Cao, senior associate, at King & Wood Mallesons examine the expanded scope of new regulations on tax deferral for qualified foreign investments in the PRC and also compare the differences between the old and new requirements

China lays out a blueprint for a 11-city metropolitan area, while Washington and Beijing make progress in months-long trade negotiations.