Legislation

• People's Bank of China, Measures for the Administration of the Handling of the Settlement and Sale of Foreign Exchange by Banks

  中国人民银行银行办理结售汇业务管理办法

  PBOC lowers thresholds for banks to engage in forex business.

  July 15, 2014

• Ministry of Finance, Measures for the 2014 Pilot Project for the Autonomous Issuance and Repayment of Local Government Bonds

  财政部2014年地方政府债券自发自还试点办法

  Local governments allowed to issue their own bonds.

  July 15, 2014

• China Banking Regulatory Commission, Tentative Measures for the Administration of the Factoring Business of Commercial Banks

  中国银行业监督管理委员会商业银行保理业务管理暂行办法

  CBRC strengthens prudential management of banks' factoring business.

  July 15, 2014

• China Banking Regulatory Commission, Circular on Revising the Basis for Calculating the Loan-to-deposit Ratios of Commercial Banks

  中国银行业监督管理委员会关于调整商业银行存贷比计算口径的通知

  CBRC relaxes restrictions on the loan-to-deposit ratios of commercial banks

  July 15, 2014

• People's Bank of China, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Insurance Regulatory Commission and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Circular on Regulating Interbank Businesses of Financial Institutions

  中国人民银行、中国银行业监督管理委员会、中国证券监督管理委员会、中国保险监督管理委员会、国家外汇管理局关于规范金融机构同业业务的通知

  Measures issued to suppress shadow banking.

  July 15, 2014

• Implementing Regulations for the PRC Trademark Law (Revised)

  中华人民共和国商标法实施条例 (修订)

  The revised Implementing Rules allow division of a trademark registration application when registration is denied on certain of the designated goods.

  July 15, 2014

• Supreme People's Court, Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases (2013) (Abstract)

  最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告（2013年）摘要

  This year's report has derived 39 law application issues with general guiding significance from 30 carefully selected typical cases.

  July 10, 2014

• Measures for the Administration of Acquisitions and Mergers of Insurance Companies

  保险公司收购合并管理办法

  An acquirer may control two insurance companies that engage in the same type of business.

  July 03, 2014

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Working Rules for the Listed Company Acquisition and Restructuring Review Committee (Revised in 2014)

  中国证券监督管理委员会上市公司并购重组审核委员会工作规程 (2014年修订)

  Institutional investors included in the M&A panel of the CSRC.

  June 24, 2014

• State Council, Several Opinions on Further Promoting the Healthy Development of Capital Markets

  国务院关于进一步促进资本市场健康发展的若干意见

  China to further open the securities and futures industry to foreign investment.

  June 24, 2014