MOFCOM has extended record filing to domestic M&A and strategic investments, the MIIT has streamlined application procedures for telecom licenses, the CIRC has tightened checks for insurance companies' affiliated transactions, and the State Council has encouraged the development of commercial old-age insurance products
The CAC has elaborated on the scope of "CII", 2017 Foreign Investment Catalogue has further facilitated FIE establishment, the PBOC has regulated bond connect credit ratings, and the SAT has clarified the preferential tax periods for HNTEs
The Shanghai Free Trade Zone has clarified foreign bank shareholder qualifications, PPP asset securitization has been encouraged, and the PBOC has confirmed that northbound trading of the Bond Connect is not without limits