Policy Updates & Analysis
China sees smaller decline in biz climate index, confidence recovers
China's business climate index, a main gauge of macro-economic outlook, continued to fall in the first quarter, but the decline was much smaller than that for the previous quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday.
Read moreRecall rule on products to cover all producers
Manufacturers who fail to recall or report substandard products face fines of up to 500,000 yuan (US$74,530), under a draft regulation released Thursday.
SFDA: Emergent Notice of Reinforcing Hygiene Supervision and Administration Work On Cosmetics Soundl
SFDA: Emergent Notice of Reinforcing Hygiene Supervision and Administration Work On Cosmetics Soundly
Read moreCIRC: Notice of Credit Investiment Plan for Insurance Asset Invested in Infrastructures
CIRC: Notice of Credit Investiment Plan for Insurance Asset Invested in Infrastructures
Read moreCIRC: Notice of Regulating Stock Investment of Insurance Institutions
CIRC: Notice of Regulating Stock Investment of Insurance Institutions
Read moreCIRC: Notice of Printing and Distributing Code of Conduct for Insurance
CIRC: Notice of Printing and Distributing Code of Conduct for Insurance Supervisors and Code of Conduct for Insurance Practitioners
Copper’s Declining Demand Pushes Prices 21% Lower
BLOOMBERG-Copper, this year’s best industrial- metal investment, may become the worst in the second quarter as demand slumps the most in three decades.
Read moreAsia top nickel producer Jinchuan raises electrolytic nickel price to 92,000 yuan/t from 89,000
Asian top nickel producer Jinchuan Group announced Wednesday that it will raise its ex-factory price of electrolytic nickel from 89,000 yuan/ton to 92,000 yuan/ton, the third time for its price hike in a month.
Beijing may force shippers to buy new vessels
Beijing may require state-owned shippers to buy more vessels from China's domestic shipping industry, Bloomberg reported.
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