Banking regulator announces new requirements to curb liquidity risks
1st March 2018
• To reduce systemic financial risk, the use of inter-bank borrowing is discouraged. • Shadow banking activities will slow down as they are now...
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Beijing further tightens the screws on shadow banking
5th January 2018
• The new policy will slow the expansion of a significant portion of shadow banking activities. • Users of affected shadow banking products are likely...
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Beijing to further tighten regulatory oversight of shadow banking sector
17th November 2017
• Existing regulatory loopholes will be closed to address rising financial vulnerabilities. • The Chinese central bank has gained additional authority...
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Foreign investors can invest in China’s bond market via Hong Kong
21st June 2017
• The new bond connect between the mainland and Hong Kong will make it easier to invest in China’s domestic bond market. • This program, if successful...
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Beijing cracks down on “back-door listing” behavior
8th September 2016
• Firms that choose to list publicly through the back-door listing approach are now effectively subject to the same requirements for formal initial...
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China launches first green finance framework and initiative
31st August 2016
• Financing and taxation tools are deployed to both stimulate green development and punish polluters. • Sustainable development related businesses...
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Securities market opens up further to attract foreign investors
30th August 2016
• Foreign institutional investors can obtain investment quotas more easily. • Allowing more foreign investment in the securities market can help to...
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Foreign investors can invest in Shenzhen stocks via Hong Kong
16th August 2016
• Having launched the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect, Beijing greenlights the much anticipated Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect. • The aggregate...
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Central bank eases control on cross-border financing for domestic companies
29th April 2016
• Chinese firms now have an easier time borrowing from abroad. • The central bank is increasingly using the Macro-Prudential Assessment System (MPA)...
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Government taps the brake on the expansion of Internet finance
12th April 2016
• Facing a rapid build-up of risk in the Internet finance sector, Beijing begins to put a lid on its scope and to prohibit speculative investment on...
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Inter-bank bond market opens up to foreign investors
24th February 2016
• Liberalizing the bond market will increase the supply of capital, hence reducing the overall cost of borrowing. • Opening up this market also...
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Central bank adopts new system to monitor risks across financial system
29th December 2015
• The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) hopes to reduce loopholes and curb regulatory arbitrage opportunities by using the Macro Prudential Assessment...
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Deposit rate ceiling lifted, effectively liberalizing interest rates
23rd October 2015
• This move increases competition in the banking sector by eliminating guaranteed net interest margin. • Smaller banks can compete for deposits by...
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Creating a more market-driven exchange rate regime
11th August 2015
• The market will be a bigger factor in determining the RMB-USD exchange rate. • The reform is meant to stabilize the RMB exchange rate against a...
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Beijing hopes to accelerate fin-tech development
18th July 2015
• The government believes Internet finance can be an answer to the problem of insufficient financing for small and medium-size companies. • At the...
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Private banks are greeted with a more open door
22nd June 2015
• The central government opened its protected banking sector to private capital. • Introducing private capital should bring more competition among...
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Policy banks receive capital injection with an eye to facilitating reforms
20th March 2015
• Policy banks now have more dry powder to provide low-cost financing for state projects. • These state banks will play a bigger role in China’s...
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China launches its first deposit insurance system
17th February 2015
• Setting up such a system is intended to create a more level playing field for smaller Chinese banks. • The move paves the way for deposit interest...
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Corporate bond restrictions loosened to reduce borrowing cost
15th January 2015
• More Chinese companies will be able to issue bonds for financing rather than relying exclusively on bank loans. • This move, in principle, should...
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Regulations on foreign banks’ operations are slightly loosened
27th November 2014
• Foreign banks can now more easily enter and expand in the China market. • Many more restrictions on foreign banks nonetheless remain intact, likely...
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Beijing takes steps to liberalize the insurance sector
10th August 2014
• Insurance companies are now allowed to make riskier investments to get higher returns for their customers. • Chinese insurers’ capability in...
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China calls for deepening capital markets
8th May 2014
• Beijing launches another effort to reform an immature capital market to better support the real economy. • The central government aims to promote...
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Reining in interbank lending to maintain financial stability
24th April 2014
• Interbank lending exacerbates the banking sector’s fragility, and how this policy is implemented will have first-order consequences for China’s...
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Beijing establishes the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect
10th April 2014
• Marking a further opening of China’s financial market, foreign investors can now easily invest in the Shanghai stock exchange via Hong Kong. • For...
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Relaxing restrictions on RMB flows in Shanghai Free Trade Zone
20th February 2014
• Companies in the SHFTZ can freely repatriate their onshore cash to offshore. • Borrowing costs are lowered as offshore financial intermediaries can...
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Rural households can use forest property rights as collateral
5th July 2013
• This move expands yet another channel for rural access to credit. • Since more than 80 million rural households own some forestry land, this reform...
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