New rules designed to ease the use of personal cheque accounts were issued on July 9. However, as the Information Times reports, much more needs to be done to get consumers, banks and merchants on board.

A Ministry of Commerce report into the experience of Chinese companies expanding offshore through mergers and acquisitions, released June 1, identifies islands of success in a sea of failure. China Economic Weekly looks at the report and analyzes Chinese companies that have won and lost abroad.

The reform of China’s postal system began this year with the separation of the state carrier into a regulatory and business function. As China Economic Weekly reports, a proposed new postal law needs to be finalized if domestic providers can hope to compete with foreign entrants.

As regulators prepare to discuss the latest draft of a new energy law, Chen Mo from the Nanfang Daily looks at what the law is hoping to achieve.

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Asset reorganization, the launch of index-based futures, Yuan appreciation, and interest rate hikes are continuing to be the arbiters of the stock market's course.

As macro controls have not yet proven effective, should more be levied on the mainland real estate sector?  Is the establishment of a sustainable market mechanism more desirable?