Guangdong eases corporate operating cost burdens.

The PBOC and HKMA have launched the mainland-Hong Kong interbank bond market link, the CBRC has required banks to conduct annual stress tests on collateral, and the MOF and SAT have simplified the VAT rate structure

The CAC has required Sino-foreign joint online news services to undergo security assessments and companies to provide user data for internet content investigations, and the SPC and SPP have defined "serious circumstances" for personal data infringement cases

Private fund service business put under oversight.

Barriers to participation have been removed for foreign construction design companies.

Curbs on private fund investment in real property.

Housing supply is encouraged in cities with high demand.

FX derivatives trading opened up to foreign institutional investors.

The new catalogue further opens central and western China up to high-tech FDI.