The 2015 Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue has been released, the CBRC has made obtaining loans for M&A easier and the revised PRC Legislation Law has clarified the regulation of taxes
This week China's bank security rules worried foreign tech companies, CCTV reprimanded foreign automakers on Consumer Protection Day, Procter & Gamble's Crest was fined Rmb6 million for false advertising and an environment tax plan was set in motion
The SAIC has enhanced consumer rights to compensation, the CIRC has required reinsurance businesses to register and Guangdong has issued a negative list for domestic investment projects
This week foreign non-profit groups in China faced increased pressure, foreign banks tightened lending to state-owned enterprises and Hong Kong's trading linkup with Shenzhen was confirmed for later this year
The State Council has enhanced disclosure for government procurement projects, SAFE has relaxed FX control for FDI and the CIRC has required insurance asset management businesses to assign risk
This week the ACFTU vice-chairman warned of foreign forces in China's labour movement, the NPC considered a draft amendment to the PRC Legislation Law and the SPC published a judicial interpretation on act preservation measures in IP and competition issues
MOFCOM has clarified case name requirements for anti-monopoly filings and SAT has imposed tax on indirect transfers of Chinese property by non-tax-resident enterprises
This week the fight against internet copyright piracy was discussed, Guangdong saw the first successful case against administrative monopoly and an AIM-listed Chinese shoemaker's bosses went off the radar
This week the Qualcomm case spurred ZTE and Huawei to collect patent royalties from smaller players, China's leading taxi-hailing apps planned to merge and the diminishing role of investment banks in large outbound acquisitions was analysed
Offshore financing has been eased and e-commerce has been further opened to foreign investment in the Shanghai FTZ. The CBRC has also aligned the leverage ratio of commercial banks with Basel III standards