China Moves to Tighten Financial Regulation

All signs point to an even tougher 2018 for China’s financial sector.
China Moves to Tighten Financial Regulation
Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank of China, in Beijing on July 8, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Fan Yu
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An eventful 2017 saw Chinese regulators begin to rein in a number of problematic behaviors in its financial sector.

From tightening capital outflows to curbing the dealmaking of insurers funded by high-yield wealth management products, Beijing looked to deleverage its financial industry after years of loosely regulated expansion following the last financial crisis.

Fan Yu
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Fan Yu is an expert in finance and economics and has contributed analyses on China's economy since 2015.
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