Foreign credit rating agencies allowed to enter China's interbank bond market.
Legal
- September 16, 2017
Major shareholders not allowed to reduce their shareholdings through block trades.
September 16, 2017No limits on the number of credit card companies in China.
September 16, 2017China Banking Regulatory Commission, Guidelines for the Administration of Commercial Bank Collateral
Banks required to conduct annual stress tests on collateral.
September 16, 2017The SPC has clarified that shareholders can be held liable for divulging trade secrets, and the State Council has restricted outbound deals in real estate and hotel industries and substantially raised the threshold for establishing financing security companies
September 01, 2017VAT rate structure simplified.
August 31, 2017Labor dispute arbitration procedures streamlined.
August 31, 2017The CAC's regulations governing reviews of network products and services focus on security and controllability, but companies await clarity on the scope of “critical information infrastructure”
August 21, 2017The CBRC has permitted banks to set up institutions that carry out debt-for-equity swaps, the State Council has made environmental impact assessment procedures simpler for construction projects, and Beijing has launched joint government and buyer-owned housing
August 14, 2017Foreign investment negative list released.
August 09, 2017

