Author: Cici Luo

12 Apr MIIT Plans to Regulate E-Cigarettes as Traditional Tobacco

發表於 16:05 作者 Cici Luo

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published on March 22 that it planned to add a clause to the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Tobacco Patent Sales Law, indicating that electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products shall be subject to the...

12 Apr Alibaba Fined RMB18.2bn for Violating Anti-Monopoly Law

發表於 15:23 作者 Cici Luo

State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on April 10 announced administrative punishments on Alibaba [BABA:US] for the abuse of its dominant market position according to the Anti-Monopoly Law, as reported by Caixin on the same day. SAMR ordered Alibaba to stop its illegal acts and...

07 Apr CCTV Removes Advertisements of Online Education Companies

發表於 16:49 作者 Cici Luo

China Central Television (CCTV) has removed the advertisements of online education enterprises from its platforms, amid the tightening of policy supervision in the domestic online education industry, as reported by Caixin on April 1. The trigger was that in mid-January, four institutions were exposed to...

06 Apr SZSE Merges Its Main and SME Boards

發表於 16:40 作者 Cici Luo

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on April 6 officially merged its Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Board into the Main Board, as reported by Caixin on the same day. After the merger, SZSE unified the operation rules and regulatory supervision over the two markets, while...

31 Mar Chinese Financial Regulators Require to Improve Credit Rating Quality for Bonds

發表於 15:50 作者 Cici Luo

PBoC, NDRC, the Ministry of Finance (MoF), CBIRC, and CSRC jointly drafted a notice on promoting the high quality and healthy development of the credit rating industry in the bond market for public consultation on March 28, as reported by Caixin on March 29. The...

29 Mar China Coal Group Doubles Coal Production Capacity, Reaching 580m Tons

發表於 15:09 作者 Cici Luo

China’s SASAC announced on March 26 that China National Coal Energy Group (China Coal Group) took over the coal asset management right of Guoyuan Times Coal Asset Management (Guoyuan Company) on March 25, worth RMB140bn with a production capacity of 280m tons, as reported by...

26 Mar Trust Companies Launch Several Carbon Neutrality Related Products

發表於 11:48 作者 Cici Luo

Chinese trust companies have been launching carbon neutrality-themed trust products recently, as reported by Caixin on March 18. In February, AVIC Trust, China Energy Conservation Association, and Shanghai Treasure Carbon jointly set up the country’s first carbon neutrality-themed green trust plan, with an initial scale...

22 Mar CAC, MPS Speak to Alibaba, Tencent, Bytedance and other Eight Firms on Cybersecurity

發表於 16:45 作者 Cici Luo

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...

18 Mar China to Improve Anti-Monopoly Regulations on Platform Economy

發表於 16:44 作者 Cici Luo

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...

16 Mar Ant Group Promises to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in 2030

發表於 17:10 作者 Cici Luo

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...

11 Mar Supreme People’s Court Clarifies Punitive Damages Implementation for IP Infringement

發表於 10:55 作者 Cici Luo

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,...

08 Mar CSRC Includes ESG Information in Listed Firms’ Investor Relation Management

發表於 14:49 作者 Cici Luo

CSRC drafted revisions of the guidelines on the investor relation management of listed companies on February 5 for public opinions, which, for the first time, included ESG related information in the communication content between listed companies and their investors, as reported by Caixin on February...

03 Mar IIGF Partners with Qontigo to Develop Chinese Sustainable Investment Products

發表於 15:45 作者 Cici Luo

Qontigo, a portfolio management and index service provider, has announced an exclusive partnership with the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) under the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) to develop sustainable investment products with Chinese characteristics, as reported by Eastmoney on March 1....

01 Mar CATL Plans to Add RMB10.5bn for NEV Battery Capacity Expansion

發表於 16:06 作者 Cici Luo

Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) [300750:CH] announced on February 25 to invest up to RMB10.5bn in the expansion project of its new energy vehicle (NEV) battery production lines in Jiangsu Province, as reported by Sina on the same day. Notably, this is the...