CSRC on February 19 issued the inspection results of audit and evaluation institutions in 2020, as reported by Caixin on the same day. Based on the overall and special inspections, CSRC announced to impose relevant penalties on eight audit agencies, 28 certified public accountants, six...
State-owned financial institution China Central Depository & Clearing Corporation (CCDC) recently held a conference, where its research and development (R&D) center proposed the concept of substantive green bonds and promote such bonds in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), as reported by JRJ.com on...
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced on November 25, 2020, that they intended to merge into a new organization, called the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF). This move aims to offer investors and enterprises a unified and comprehensive...
The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) have jointly published a report, commenting on the potentials for climate finance and green finance development in China, as reported by Sina on February 5. The reports stressed the importance to mobilize...
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is drafting regulations on protecting personal information in mobile applications to clarify the bottom line and redlines, as reported by Xinhua on February 8. The regulations clarify two basic principles. One is that users should be informed...
All enterprises must hold certificates to discharge pollution from March 1, according to the new requirements released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), as reported by China National Radio on February 5. A total of 2.36m companies, industrial facilities, and institutions in China...
The world's first blockchain-based environmental protection platform, called EPR Digital Environmental Innovation Platform, was launched in Shenzhen, as reported by Sznews.com on February 6. The EPR Digital Environmental Innovation Platform is a dual chain, combining the blockchain technology and environmental protection. This platform aims to...
CBIRC published its evaluation results for the corporate governance performance of ten Chinese insurance holding groups in 2020, as reported by financialnews.com.cn on February 4. Specifically, six of the ten groups, including PICC [1339:HK], China Reinsurance [1508:HK], China Taiping Insurance [0966:HK], China Pacific Insurance [2601:HK],...
China’s NDRC, Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), and National Health Commission (NHC) have articulated a plan to establish a set of demonstrative elderly care industry cluster in regions with suitable socio-economic and ageing levels by 2022, as reported by Sina on February 2, citing their...
Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou Technology [1024:HK] will debut at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on February 5. The expected initial public offering (IPO) will raise as much as USD5bn and make Kuaishou the first major short-video platform to go public. From its prospectus, currently, Kuaishou’s...
China’s Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), National Center for Climate Change Strategy, International Cooperation (NCSC), and other agencies have jointly published a report that evaluates the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reporting situation in the country, as reported by Sina on January 29. According...
Amazon [AMZN:US] announced on February 3 that the company's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will step down from his post in the third quarter of 2021 and Andy Jassy, the head of the cloud computing unit, will take the place as its new CEO. Bezos...
Tencent [0700:HK] on February 2 issued a response to TikTok’s lawsuit against it, stating that the allegations were inconsistent with the facts and malicious, as reported by Sina on February 3. Tencent pointed out that TikTok violated users' rights and claimed to sue ByteDance, TikTok’s...
The recycling of batteries becomes an increasing topic amid the boom of China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) industry. The service life of automobile traction batteries is five to eight years, while these batteries cannot continue being used for cars when the energy capacity decays to...
Tesla [TSLA:US] released a video through its official Weibo [WB:US] account to apologize to State Grid for a misleading statement by the US firm’s employee, as reported by Caixin on February 1. On January 29, a Tesla car owner in Nanchang found that his new...
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