Domestic bond market to open to foreign capital: PBOC economist

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange plans to open the domestic foreign exchange derivatives market to overseas non-central bank institutional investors, Caixin reported on Thursday. Ma Jun, chief economist in the research bureau of the People’s Bank of China, said this was to attract more foreign capital to the interbank bond market.
马骏：进一步推进债券市场开放

US drops complaint against Chinese steelmakers

The United States International Trade Commission has dropped a complaint against China’s steel producers, The Paper reported on Wednesday, which will benefit around 40 firms who export goods to the US. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the complaint sought to prevent steel products from entering America.

40家中国钢企胜利在望：美国对中国钢铁337调查初裁终止

Draft property tax law almost ready: deputy housing minister

A draft property tax law is close to being ready for submission to the National People’s Congress, said Lu Kehua, the deputy housing minister, in a Xinhua state news agency report. A trial of the tax law was implemented in Shanghai and Chongqing that saw taxes imposed on property transactions.
住建部：加快房地产税立法 相关工作正在开展

Futures-trading firms deny ban on asset management business

Futures-trading companies say they are operating as normal and have not been banned from the asset management business, The Paper said on Thursday evening. The firms denied knowledge of new securities regulations barring them from selling asset management products, rejecting a Tuesday report in Caixin. Asset management business by futures-trading companies rose 167% in 2016 to 279.2 billion yuan (US$40.52 billion), the biggest increase compared with securities companies and private equities, it said.
多家期货公司否认“资管业务被一刀切”，称目前仍可正常备案

Name change for SF Express listing vehicle

Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co Ltd, the shell company used for the back-door listing of delivery giant S.F. Express on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on February 23, said it would change its name to SF Express Co Ltd. The stock code will remain the same. The stock also reached its daily trading limit on the first day of its listing.
顺丰速运上市日期闹“乌龙” 三家机构已卖出4000多万元

We signed deal to buy Premier League club Southampton: Lander

Lander Sports Development, a real estate company listed in Shenzhen, confirmed to The Paper on Thursday evening that it had signed an agreement in January to buy Southampton Football Club. But a Reuters report said on Wednesday that CITIC Securities and materials giant Amer International are involved in a joint US$300 million bid to buy the club. Lander Sports had said in a stock exchange announcement in January that an agreement had been reached with Saints owner Katharina Liebherr, The Paper said.
英超南安普顿队的中国买家：莱茵体育称已签入股协议

Human rights law campaigner to resign from NPCSC

The deputy secretary general of the Central Political and Law Commission, Xu Xianming will resign as a member of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Caixin reported on Thursday night. According to the NPC’s organizational law, standing committee members cannot hold posts in the country’s administrative, judicial or prosecution bodies. Xu has been campaigning to include a human rights law in the constitution.
中央政法委副秘书长徐显明将辞全国人大常委会委员