Officials are planning to simplify the approval process for selling corporate bonds as regulators encourage firms to raise funds through the debt market. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has distributed draft rules to institutions seeking feedback, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday, without saying where it got the information. The draft shows the CSRC plans to scrap a bond issuance review committee and the requirement that every sale be signed off on by a qualified sponsor, the newspaper said.
At 75, he travelled in Europe; at 98, he got a master's degree; at 102, he published an autobiography.