Issued: December 7 2016   Main contents: The Draft reduces the 93 restrictive measures of the 2015 version of the Catalogue (including 19 in…

The State Council has issued rules to ensure proper record filing implementation, P2P platforms have been required to disclose more information and the Ministry of Culture has tightened scrutiny over online performances

MOFCOM has taken action through the WTO over anti-dumping duties, consumer and industrial output grew in November and Terry Branstad was named an “old friend” of China

The Supreme People's Court has ruled in favor of the former NBA star, closing a 4-year IP dispute

The MIIT's draft cloud regulations confirm foreign investment and data limits and set strict rules for local partnerships

The NDRC and MOFCOM have drafted the basis for the coming FDI negative list, the CSRC has tightened risk control on asset management and the CBRC has broadened scrutiny over off-balance sheet businesses

The State Council planned fixed rebates on value-added taxes to boost local government revenue, trading levels on the Shenzhen stock link's launch fell below expectations and the central bank stepped up inspections on Chinese companies' cross-border loans

The MIIT has proposed that cloud services must connect to foreign networks through approved gateways, the CBRC has clarified that P2P platforms' record filing does not constitute credibility and Shanghai and Tianjin have imposed property curbs

Reports of regulatory restrictions on overseas deals surfaced, Walt Disney terminated its relationship with a local toymaker after discovering labor violations and CHX emphasized that its takeover by Casin has no Chinese government involvement