In a landmark case, an ex-UBS banker was jailed for nine years for cross-border insider trading; the China-Japan ETF Connectivity scheme was launched with four index-tracking ETFs; and the CSRC is considering lifting profitability rules on listed company M&A activities.
CSRC allows funds to participate in short sale of securities, procedures for setting up insurance asset management plans are simplified and enterprise gifts are taxed.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) 2018 Annual Report on Intellectual Property serves as a tool not only for precedential value for the lower courts but also a guide that provides insight for predictable outcomes of future disputes.
At the Global CEO Council meeting in Beijing, Premier Li Keqiang and global business leaders renewed their vows to work together to build China's economy, despite gathering clouds in the U.S.-China trade war.
The Shanghai and London stock exchanges’ connect program has finally launched; new rules have been introduced to limit speculative trading of stocks on China’s new technology and innovation board; and the CSRC has urged major brokerages in the China to help smaller operations in the country's non-banking financial sector.
A change in the legal environment of the personal data receiving country will trigger a new security assessment, the CSRC is to revise measures to achieve quality restructurings of listed companies and trademark registration fees are largely reduced.
Alibaba files for Hong Kong listing that could raise $20 billion; China's state planner will encourage more debt-to-equity swaps; insurers likely to be allowed to up investments in Chinese A-shares; and official proposes beefing up penalties for IP violations.