Legislation roundup: Listed company shares, private equity and the central & western FDI catalogue
February 23, 2017 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articles &The CSRC has clamped down on excess fundraising by listed companies, AMAC has curbed property speculation in the securities market and the new catalogue further opens central and western China up to high-tech FDI
Capital Markets
China Securities Regulatory Commission, Implementing Rules for the Private Offering of Shares by Listed Companies (2nd Revision)
The Rules further push the constraining function of the market pricing mechanism, abolish the provision that set the date of announcement of the resolution of the board of directors or the date of announcement of the resolution of the shareholders' general meeting as the reference date for the pricing of private offerings of shares by listed companies and specify that only the first day of the offering period for the contemplated private offering can serve as the pricing reference date.
China Securities Regulatory Commission, Questions and Answers on the Oversight of Offerings: Regulatory Requirements for Guiding and Regulating the Financing Acts of Listed Companies
Where a listed company applies to make a private placement, the number of shares it proposes to offer may not exceed 20% of its total share capital prior to the contemplated offering.
See the digest for more details.
See the full translation.
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Real Property
Asset Management Association of China, Guidelines for the Administration of the Record Filing of the Private Asset Management Plans of Securities and Futures Firms No.4: Investment by Private Asset Management Plans in Real Property Developers and Projects
Provisionally, record filing shall not be granted for investments by private asset management plans established by securities and futures firms in ordinary housing real property projects in 16 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Tianjin and Wuhan.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
FDI
National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Catalogue for Foreign Investment in the Dominant Industries of the Central and Western Regions (Revised in 2017)
The revised Catalogue contains 639 items, an increase of 139 items over the 2013 version. 173 new items have been added, 34 have been removed and 84 have been revised.
The new Catalogue encourages the development of hi-tech industries, service industries and labor intensive industries.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
Capital Markets
China Securities Regulatory Commission, Implementing Rules for the Private Offering of Shares by Listed Companies (2nd Revision)
The Rules further push the constraining function of the market pricing mechanism, abolish the provision that set the date of announcement of the resolution of the board of directors or the date of announcement of the resolution of the shareholders' general meeting as the reference date for the pricing of private offerings of shares by listed companies and specify that only the first day of the offering period for the contemplated private offering can serve as the pricing reference date.
China Securities Regulatory Commission, Questions and Answers on the Oversight of Offerings: Regulatory Requirements for Guiding and Regulating the Financing Acts of Listed Companies
Where a listed company applies to make a private placement, the number of shares it proposes to offer may not exceed 20% of its total share capital prior to the contemplated offering.
See the digest for more details.
See the full translation.
Further reading
Real Property
Asset Management Association of China, Guidelines for the Administration of the Record Filing of the Private Asset Management Plans of Securities and Futures Firms No.4: Investment by Private Asset Management Plans in Real Property Developers and Projects
Provisionally, record filing shall not be granted for investments by private asset management plans established by securities and futures firms in ordinary housing real property projects in 16 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Tianjin and Wuhan.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
FDI
National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Catalogue for Foreign Investment in the Dominant Industries of the Central and Western Regions (Revised in 2017)
The revised Catalogue contains 639 items, an increase of 139 items over the 2013 version. 173 new items have been added, 34 have been removed and 84 have been revised.
The new Catalogue encourages the development of hi-tech industries, service industries and labor intensive industries.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
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