Shanghai Clearing House (SHCH) assisted China Development Bank (CDB) to issue the first carbon neutrality-themed green financial bond to global investors by public bidding, as reported by Sina Finance on March 18. The scale of this issuance is RMB19.2bn with a maturity of three years...
Yi Gang, governor of PBoC, stated at a roundtable discussion that the central bank is currently planning to incorporate climate change factors into its policy framework, as reported by Caixin on March 21. Specifically, PBoC is looking into the possibilities for running climate stress tests...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently instructed their branches to strengthen the security assessment of voice social software and new internet technologies and applications involving the deep fake technology, as reported by National Business Daily on March...
State Grid-backed Yingda International Trust announced the issuance of the country’s first carbon neutrality-themed asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP), as reported by Sina on March 17. The ABCP is worth a total of RMB1.75bn. The raised funds will be used for three hydropower projects, two wind...
China’s Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs held a meeting on March 15, which emphasized to speed up the improvement of laws and regulations about the platform economy and make up the gaps and loopholes of the rules in a timely manner, as reported...
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) is planning to establish global sustainability reporting standards, and may announce to set up a sustainability standards board at the meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 this November, as reported by ESGToday on February 3....
The Chinese government is planning to set up the national carbon emission right trading center in Shanghai, and the carbon quota registration center in Wuhan, as reported by Sina on March 18, citing people familiar with the matter. Currently, the Wuhan registration center is opening...
China held the annual National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also known as the Two Sessions, from March 4 to March 11. On March 5, Premier Li Keqiang made the speech of the 2021 Government Work Report, which listed...
Ant Group announced on March 12 that the firm will achieve net-zero carbon emission in 2030, covering its supply chains, business travel, and others that are owned or controlled by it, as reported by 21st Century Business Herald on the same day. The group will...
The national carbon emission trading system (ETS) may give priority to including the cement and electrolytic aluminum industries, which also have good carbon emission data, following the 2,225 power generation enterprises, as reported by Yicai on March 11. In addition to the first inclusion of...
Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium [1772:HK] and its wholly-owned subsidiary Qinghai Liangcheng announced plans to fully acquire Yili Hongda for RMB1.47bn, which would give the companies a 49% stake in the latter’s Minmetals Salt Lake project, as reported by Sohu on March 9. The deal...
The Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) issued a self-evaluation report on green investment of fund managers on February 18, 2021. AMAC designed the dimensions and questions of a self-evaluation form and received valid samples from 37 mutual funds and 421 private funds, including 197...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stated the country targeted to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 13.5% and carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 18% between 2021 and 2025, as part of the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP), as reported by Sina on March...
The Supreme People's Court of China recently released the interpretations on the application of punitive damages in the civil case trial regarding intellectual property right (IP) infringement (the Interpretation), aiming to provide clear criteria for adjudication, as reported by Caixin on March 6. The Interpretation,...
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) held a meeting with ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing on March 5, as reported by Caixin on the same day. Didi recently had adjusted its pricing system in some cities like Chengdu, where the firm raised prices at the passenger side...
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