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
This week the NDRC fined Qualcomm for AML violations, fake online accounts were banned, the SEC and Big Four reached a settlement over audits and the carbon trading market's lack of clarity was discussed
The SPC has issued a judicial interpretation of the Civil Procedure Law, the thresholds for special tax treatment for acquisitions have been lowered and the CIRC has relaxed foreign exchange insurance market rules
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