Chinese telecom group China Mobile has announced the formal establishment of its board of directors, and Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, signed services contracts with five outside directors.

China has announced that it will lift the two-decades old ban on the entry of foreigners with HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and leprosy.

According to a circular issued by Gov.cn, the official Web portal of the Chinese government, China will shortly begin to eliminate outdated production facilities in industries such as power, coal, iron, steel, cement, nonferrous metals, coke, paper making, leather, printing, and dyeing to allow market forces to determine better resource allocation.

China's central bank and the Anti-Money Laundering Ministerial Joint Conference have jointly issued China's first anti-money laundering strategy.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council has issued a circular which requires that the donation behavior of central enterprises be regulated and donation amounts and rights be defined.

Sinochem Group has received a letter from the board of the United Nations Global Compact which states that the company has been admitted as a formal member of the global organization.

Li Rongrong, the director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said at a recent corporate social responsibility working conference that central government enterprises should gain a better understanding of CSR and set themselves up as examples of CSR best practice.