Application procedures for telecommunications operating permits streamlined.

Preferential tax periods for high and new technology enterprises clarified.

China encourages commercial old-age insurance.

The revised FTZ Negative List lifts restrictions on the financial sector.

Forex procedures relaxed for trade in goods.

Environmental impact assessment procedures simplified.

Joint private and foreign investment encouraged in banks in pilot areas.

List of critical network equipment announced.

Foreign credit rating agencies allowed to enter China's interbank bond market.