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China Insights

SwedCham China Insights for the week of March 15-19, 2021

Top news of the week:

  • President Xi Jinping stresses efforts for carbon peak and neutrality
    March 15, 2021

    President Xi Jinping has underlined the importance of peaking carbon emissions and attaining carbon neutrality at the ninth meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, one of nine special committees of the NPC the national legislature. This is the first time that the national leader has prioritised the strategy at the meeting of the top economic planning committee.

  • Vice Premier stresses more efforts in developing the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
    March 16, 2021

    First Vice Premier Han Zheng hosted a meeting of a leading group for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, stressing more efforts to develop the integrated transport network in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, specifically building the rail network, improving the highway system and the management of the airport and port clusters in the region.

  • Chinese government issues new rules to regulate online trading
    March 17, 2021

    The State Administration for Market Regulation, China’s market regulator, has officially released new regulations for online trading activities, specifying rules on livestream shopping, protecting consumer’s personal information, banning unfair competition, etc.

  • China launches second financial court in Beijing
    March 18, 2021

    The Beijing Financial Court, China’s second financial court, has been officially launched, followed by the decision adopted by the NPC Standing Committee in January. The intermediate-level court will primarily cover finance-related civil and administrative disputes in the capital involving securities, insurance, bank cards and financial loan contracts.

  • Senior Chinese diplomatic officials expound China's stands at China-US high-level strategic dialogue
    March 19, 2021

    The China-US high-level strategic dialogue has been kicked off in Alaska in the US. Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi have led the Chinese delegation to meet with their counterparts Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan. A meeting briefing released by Xinhua News Agency said that the US side overrated the agreed time and provocatively launched groundless attacks against China’s domestic and foreign policies. The China’s side has expounded its stands in response.

     

Insight of the week:

Hainan has gained extensive attention this week as Chinese government has issued the island a batch of favorable policies. Following the master plan of development for the Hainan Free Trade Port in June last year, China has issued a detailed policy guideline on further easing market access in the island off China’s southern coast. Jointly issued by the NDRC and the MOFCOM, the guideline includes a total of 22 measures specifying healthcare, financial service, aerospace and more. The guideline is customized in accordance with the current development of Hainan, said Xu Shanchang, director of the NDRC’s Department of Economic System Reform. He added that the issuance of guideline is aimed at implementing a series of down-to-earth measures to promote the development of Hainan rather than simply relaxing the negative list. Additionally, four main Chinese financial regulators have also announced to further promote financial opening-up in Hainan, including supporting the establishment of joint-venture banks, enhancing RMB convertibility and so on. These moves signal the nation’s continuous ambition to build the island into a globally influential hub for trade and investment.

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