This is a book chapter in Stephen M. Bainbridge (ed), 'Research Handbook on Insider Trading' (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013). It provides an up-to-date discussion of Chinese insider trading regulation, covering the recently issued 2012 judicial interpretation on the handling of criminal...

This article represents one of the pioneering efforts in the Chinese literature to systematically examine the role of gatekeepers in corporate governance. It seeks to explain how gatekeepers may function and malfunction, in light of the Enron scandal and the financial crisis of 2008, and draw...

Since 2001, when China joined the WTO, foreign investment enterprises in China have grown considerably and exhibited significant developmental trends. In response, the Chinese government has been trying hard to reform its laws to keep pace with market developments. This article will undertake a...

In light of the recent global financial crisis, this article aims to critically examine China's financial regulatory structure and based on the results of such examination, set out reform proposals for China. At present, China adopts a traditional sectoral system of financial regulation, which...

This chapter aims to analyze the regulation of robo-advisors in mainland China and give suggestions for its future development. In recent years, the Chinese government has set the development of smart finance as one of the economic policy priorities, including robo-advisors which rely on...

China has become one of the leaders in the global mobile payment market in terms of market volume, growth rate, and innovation capability. This can be attributed to a number of enabling factors, including technological advancement in China and mobile payment’s competitive advantages and wide...

This chapter examines the legal and institutional regulatory framework for China’s financial markets and evaluates how China may need to restructure its regulatory regime in order to keep up with market developments. This chapter first provides a detailed discussion of the current Chinese...

Cryptoassets have emerged as a new category of financial products in recent years and have attracted a great deal of attention from market participants and regulators. While the characteristics of cryptoassets, such as anonymity and disintermediation in transactions, bring significant benefits,...

In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008, shadow banking has been widely identified as one of the major sources of financial instability, and its regulation has become the subject of much international debate. Existing studies, however, have focused on advanced economies, such the US...

In July 2019, Hong Kong issued a comprehensive regulation on robo-advisors in the capital markets, with a view to striking a balance between investor protection and innovation promotion. This regulation has generated some noticeable positive impact on the market, but some problems remain to be...