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Following the development of offshore RMB trade settlement and dynamic growth of RMB bond issuance and lending in Hong Kong, China has recently taken an important further step to internationalize the RMB by launching pilot programs to allow offshore RMB to be invested back in Mainland China
On June 11, 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) issued the Circular on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Controls in Encouraging and Guiding the Healthy Development of Private Investment (Hui Fa 2012 No. 33) (the “Circular”), which involves critical changes in foreign exchange controls for outbound investment
On October 14, 2011, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) issued the Circular on Issues Relating to Cross-border Direct Investment in RMB (“MOFCOM Rules”), and on the following day, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued the Measures on Administration of the RMB Settlement in Connection with Foreign Direct Investment (“PBOC Rules”
