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March 9, 2022

Legalize it! (by which we refer to robocars)

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China’s 2022 Two Sessions, the country’s biggest annual legislative meeting. The problem: China’s next-gen automakers are chomping at the bit to start commercializing self-driving cars — but a lack of autonomous driving laws i… Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China's 2022 Two Sessions, the country's biggest annual legislative meeting.
The problem: China's next-gen automakers are chomping at the bit to start commercializing self-driving cars — but a lack of autonomous driving laws i...

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21st Century Biz: 智能网联汽车的关键一役：自动驾驶如何尽快落地？

March 9, 2022

Two Sessions proposal: National data trusts

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China’s 2022 Two Sessions, the country’s biggest annual legislative meeting. The problem: Certain kinds of data — like health data, DNA data, or facial recognition data — is extremely valuable — but it is also highly sensitive…

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China's 2022 Two Sessions, the country's biggest annual legislative meeting.
The problem: Certain kinds of data — like health data, DNA data, or facial recognition data — is extremely valuable — but it is also highly sensitive...

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21st Century Biz: 专访全国政协委员谈剑锋:提前研究“元宇宙”监管政策预防可能引起的系统风险

March 9, 2022

Plenty on the plate for NPC

Ladies and gents, please be upstanding for your host. On Tuesday, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stood up to deliver its work report to the annual meeting of China’s top legislative body. Li laid out an ambitious legislative agenda: The NPC has comm…

Ladies and gents, please be upstanding for your host.
On Tuesday, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stood up to deliver its work report to the annual meeting of China’s top legislative body.
Li laid out an ambitious legislative agenda:

The NPC has comm...

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People's Daily: 全国人民代表大会常务委员会工作报告（摘要）

March 9, 2022

Deep dive | All for No.1, and No.1 for all

While this week everyone has been rightly poring over the Government Work Report (GWR), another policy document dropped just before the Two Sessions that is pretty darn important, too. On February 22, the Party’s Central Committee published its first policy document of 2022 – fondly known as the No….

While this week everyone has been rightly poring over the Government Work Report (GWR), another policy document dropped just before the Two Sessions that is pretty darn important, too.
On February 22, the Party’s Central Committee published its first policy document of 2022 – fondly known as the No....

March 9, 2022

Two Sessions proposal: Digital yuan laws

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China’s 2022 Two Sessions, the country’s biggest annual legislative meeting. The problem: China’s new state-backed digital currency, the digital yuan (e-CNY), has already been soft-launched in limited scenarios nationwide… …

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China's 2022 Two Sessions, the country's biggest annual legislative meeting.
The problem: China's new state-backed digital currency, the digital yuan (e-CNY), has already been soft-launched in limited scenarios nationwide... ...

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China Finance: 两会｜王景武：建议针对数字人民币立法或出台相应法规

March 9, 2022

Two Sessions proposal: 996 public interest lawsuit

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China’s 2022 Two Sessions, the country’s biggest annual legislative meeting. Yesterday during the Two Sessions, National People’s Congress representative Dong Mingzhu discussed a possible “Public Interest Lawsuit” (PIL) agains…

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China's 2022 Two Sessions, the country's biggest annual legislative meeting.
Yesterday during the Two Sessions, National People's Congress representative Dong Mingzhu discussed a possible “Public Interest Lawsuit” (PIL) agains...

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Sina: 冲上热搜！董明珠建议对996开展公益诉讼，获不少网友点赞支持

SCMP: Spreadsheet sharing gruelling hours in China’s tech world goes viral as 996 culture persists

SCMP: Tencent vows to improve work-life balance after fresh 996 criticism over a worker’s 20-hour shift

March 9, 2022

The Tsingshan squeeze

Nickel is just the latest commodity that has Beijing sweating – and this time it’s all about financial risk. On Tuesday, Bloomberg scooped that regulators had asked state firms to report on their exposure to nickel and other commodities derivatives contracts. The State-owned Assets Supervision and…

Nickel is just the latest commodity that has Beijing sweating – and this time it's all about financial risk.
On Tuesday, Bloomberg scooped that regulators had asked state firms to report on their exposure to nickel and other commodities derivatives contracts.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and...

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Bloomberg: China Asks Banks to Report Derivatives Risk as Markets Reel

Bloomberg: CCBI Global Markets Has Paid Its LME Nickel Margin Calls

March 8, 2022

Someone finally said it!

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China’s 2022 Two Sessions, the country’s biggest annual legislative meeting. China’s top fiscal policy advisor, Liu Shangxi, made a rather unusual proposal at the 2022 Two Sessions. Liu’s key message: Let’s give big tech a bre…

This post is part of a mini-series covering the policy proposals made at China's 2022 Two Sessions, the country's biggest annual legislative meeting.
China’s top fiscal policy advisor, Liu Shangxi, made a rather unusual proposal at the 2022 Two Sessions.
Liu's key message: Let’s give big tech a bre...

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CAFS: 【刘尚希委员提案】关于进一步提升我国数字经济国际竞争力的提案

March 8, 2022

Banking on the little guy

With all this NPC hullabaloo, it’s easy to forget that the government continues to, well, govern. That’s what the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) was hard at work doing Friday, when it published a notice instructing financial institutions to give rural-to-urban migrants mor…

With all this NPC hullabaloo, it’s easy to forget that the government continues to, well, govern.
That’s what the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) was hard at work doing Friday, when it published a notice instructing financial institutions to give rural-to-urban migrants mor...

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CBIRC: 中国银保监会、中国人民银行发布《关于加强新市民金融服务工作的通知》

March 8, 2022

Derisk to develop

In 2022, China will continue its balancing act vis-à-vis financial sector policy, per the Two Sessions reports. What’s Beijing balancing? On the one hand: Policymakers are intent on continuing to defuse the risks built up over years of rapid expansion in the financial system. On the other hand: Beij…

In 2022, China will continue its balancing act vis-à-vis financial sector policy, per the Two Sessions reports.
What’s Beijing balancing?
On the one hand: Policymakers are intent on continuing to defuse the risks built up over years of rapid expansion in the financial system.
On the other hand: Beij...

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Gov.cn: 政府工作报告

People's Daily: 关于2021年国民经济和社会发展计划执行情况与2022年国民经济和社会发展计划草案的报告（摘要）

March 8, 2022

IoV cyber/data security standards roadmap

On Monday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released guidelines on establishing a cyber and data security standards system for the internet of vehicles (IoV). Some background: China is gunning hard to be the global IoV leader. To do that, it must figure out how to reliably…

On Monday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released guidelines on establishing a cyber and data security standards system for the internet of vehicles (IoV).
Some background: China is gunning hard to be the global IoV leader.

To do that, it must figure out how to reliably...

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MIIT: 工业和信息化部办公厅关于印发车联网网络安全和数据安全标准体系建设指南的通知

March 8, 2022

Nothing is off the table

“How many days have passed since the Chinese people were hungry? In the past, who didn’t go hungry? But it’s easy to forget.” That’s how Xi Jinping reminded a group of delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) that food security is his top priority (Xinhua). In case t…

"How many days have passed since the Chinese people were hungry? In the past, who didn't go hungry? But it's easy to forget."
That's how Xi Jinping reminded a group of delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) that food security is his top priority (Xinhua).
In case t...

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China Daily: 习近平看望参加政协会议的农业界社会福利和社会保障界委员

Xinhua: 习近平谈粮食安全：悠悠万事，吃饭为大

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