News Digest: Administrative Rules for Automotive Loans

Chapter I General ProvisionsArticle 1 These rules areformulated according to the Law of the People’s Republic of China on thePeople’ s Bank of China, the Commercial Banking Law of the People’sRepublic of China and the Law

News Digest: Equities decline most in five weeks

China’s stocks fell the most in five weeks, dragging the benchmark index from a 10-week high, as lower commodity prices spurred losses among materials producers and concern grew that the government will curb stimulus measures. The

News Digest: Yuan dips on signal from c.bank

China’scurrency posted its biggest loss in more than a month yesterday, following comments by the central bank governor that the pace of the yuan’s appreciation was “appropriate.” The statement by bank chief Zhou

News Digest: Is China resuming yuan appreciation?

BEIJING – China’s currency made headlines Thursday amid increased speculation the government will resume its appreciation, but analysts said it is too early to make such a conclusion.The central parity rate of the yuan, China’s currency,

News Digest: Currency tensions to continue

Stronger yuan not panacea for global economic imbalancesBEIJING – Tensions over currencies are set to continue through the month running up to the Seoul G20 summit.Officials and economists have said a stronger yuan is not a

News Digest: Level playing field vital for China-US trade ties

The China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) is to some extent equivalent to making an official commitment twice a year by the two countries to open their domestic markets to each other.The world would lose its groundwork

News Digest: Central bank takes dead aim at inflation

In an effort to curb the surplus money supply, the central People’s Bank of China will continue to issue short-term commercial bills to domestic banks in open market operations.The programme will continue at least until the

News Digest: Zhou: Forex policy in good shape

DAVOS, Switzerland: China’s foreign exchange policy is in a good position and requires no changes, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said yesterday.Speaking in a session at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, Zhou said

News Digest: Snow to check China’s currency moves

Growing high-level visits between China and the United States underline the importance of the bilateral relations, though officials from Washington often bring with them pressures and directives to the other.On the eve of a trip to

News Digest: Zhou: China is taking steps to reduce surplus

People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said his country is adjusting its currency and taking steps to reduce a trade surplus that tripled to a record $102 billion last year. Zhou, in a statement a