This week new cybersecurity rules upset foreign tech companies, SIPO issued its draft Patent Administrative Enforcement rules, Tencent signed a five-year deal with the NBA, the SPC released guidelines for the IP courts' technical investigation officers and Taobao's spat with the SAIC was discussed
The SPC has established circuit courts in Guangdong and Liaoning provinces, the PBOC has permitted banks to open renminbi accounts remotely and the CBRC has clarified restrictions on entrusted loans
This week GlaxoSmithKline's China operations faced internal reorganisation, the CBRC began restructuring to regulate trusts and the PBOC picked companies like Alibaba to prepare credit reporting operations
MOFCOM has issued guidelines aimed at clarifying conditions for mergers. But the new rules fail to address the biggest challenge for companies: behavioural remedies
MOFCOM has issued a draft of the PRC Foreign Investment Law, the CSRC opened up corporate bond trading and SAFE simplified FX conversion of offshore listing proceeds
SoftBank and Alibaba financed taxi-hailing app Kuaidi Dache, Johnson & Johnson and Tesla's China businesses were analysed, SOE audits and inspections were enhanced and a startup investment fund was set up
SAFE has eased market access for foreign exchange, employee termination requirements have been heightened and the Shanghai FTZ has launched a pilot project for the parallel import of automobiles
This week the NDRC has approved a bill to simplify the outbound approval process, the CSRC has invited foreign investors to partake in commodities futures trading and East Associates and Concord & Partners have merged
The State Council has lifted restrictions for foreign-invested banks, three new FTZs have been set up and the Supreme People's Procuratorate has clarified lawyers' practice rights
The court and regulators have tightened the regulatory net, six polluters were handed a record fine, the State Council approved the National IP Strategy Action Plan, the NDRC removed certain price controls and easier access to the FTZs was discussed