Beijing announced the setting up of a financial court in Shanghai on Wednesday after a meeting of the Communist Party’s Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, which was chaired by President Xi Jinping. The announcement came as Wu Xiaohui ... ( read original story ...)
Ascentage Pharma is the latest mainland biotech company to choose Hong Kong for IPO
Hong Kong also faces rising competition from Shanghai. WuXi AppTec, the leading mainland biotech company that privatised in New York two years ago, has been given the green light to relist on the A-share market through an IPO in Shanghai, just seven weeks ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-EXPLAINER-Shanghai crude futures complete globalization of oil markets
Asia so far has lacked a financial instrument despite its position as the world’s biggest and fastest-growing oil consumer. Previous attempts to establish one have been made in Singapore, Japan and Dubai, but have not been widely taken up. Shanghai crude ... ( read original story ...)
China’s leaders approve new asset management rules, financial court
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials have approved new regulations for the country’s asset management sector, the establishment of a financial court in Shanghai and plans to deepen reform. The state news agency Xinhua ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Electric submits fresh acquisition intention
KARACHI: China’s Shanghai Electric Power Company has made a fresh announcement ... On the contrary, K-Electric continues to demand a higher tariff to have financial space to initiate some unannounced (need-based) projects in those seven years. ( read original story ...)
China Consumer Loan Giant Ant Financial Threatened by Debt Slump
“Ant Financial’s golden days of taking advantage of easy money from the debt market probably won’t return anytime soon,” said Yang Junmin, an analyst at internet finance research firm Shanghai Yingxun Technology Co. in Shanghai. “The declining ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai aims at being Belt and Road investment and financing center
The second phase of the CIPS was launched in Shanghai on March 26 to promote the global use of the Chinese currency as well as the Belt and Road Initiative itself. Financial integration is an important aspect of the Belt and Road Initiative. By the end of ... ( read original story ...)