China to Mandate Cybersecurity Reviews on Tech Firms Seeking Foreign IPOs

China to Mandate Cybersecurity Reviews on Tech Firms Seeking Foreign IPOs
The Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province, China, on May 26, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Kathleen Li
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Chinese network platform companies seeking foreign initial public offerings (IPOs) are already seeing new regulatory measures upon entering the new year. The new rules enable the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to tighten its grip on China’s technology sector, experts say.

On Jan. 5, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China’s State Administration for Market Regulation imposed fines on several big tech firms for violating antitrust regulations, which involved Chinese network platform companies.

Kathleen Li
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Kathleen Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2009 and focuses on China-related topics. She is an engineer, chartered in civil and structural engineering in Australia.
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