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Periods of prescription of actions clarified for civil cases.

Basic telecommunications services further opened to foreign investors.

Guangdong revises regulations to suppress illegal collection of highway tolls.

Guidelines issued to restrict boards of insurance companies in their delegation of powers.

The Regulations cover the control of foreign exchange on the current account and capital account.

Loans for real property tightened.

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Amendments to China's Regulations for the Administration of Foreign-invested Telecommunications Enterprises came into effect in September 2008. The amendments lower capitalisation thresholds for the operation of basic services and make applications simpler. But it is not clear if the new rules will encourage more foreign investment in the telecoms sector.