China’s transition. The world’s business.
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The finance behind transition: how lenders, investors and issuers assess plans, allocate capital and test claims against outcomes.
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A new practitioner survey points to a familiar challenge: demand for green-finance work is real, but the quality of implementation depends on skills and institutional support.
China's sustainable finance regime is becoming more explicit about greenwashing. Green Central Banking reported on Jul 1 that the Asset Management Association of China has introduced inaugural disclosure guidelines for sustainability funds. The…
Focus event: on June 2, Sina Finance reported on the State Council’s Urban Renewal 15th Five-Year Plan, which sets green and low-carbon transformation among six task areas and defines quantified renovation targets.
Focus event: Securities Times, citing China Securities Journal, reported on May 25 that the Shenzhen Stock Exchange had revised three ChiNext index methodologies, extending ESG negative-exclusion rules to ChiNext mid-cap, small-cap and broad mid-large-cap benchmarks from June 15, 2026.
Focus event: Sina Securities reported on May 28 that Huadian Liaoning disclosed the limited financial impact of a 25 MW wind-powered off-grid hydrogen project after its share price surged sharply this year.
Focus event: the NDRC said the second 2026 batch of ultra-long special treasury-bond funding for equipment renewal had been allocated, including energy, transport, energy-saving and recycling projects.
Focus event: Reuters reported that companies, banks and insurers are pulling back from China-linked U.S. solar factories amid subsidy uncertainty.
Focus event: China Securities Journal reported on April 27 that listed banks used their 2025 ESG reports to disclose transition-finance practices in coal power, shipping, steel, aviation and buildings.
Focus event: the State Council service-sector opinion called for carbon-rights collateral finance, financial-institution participation in carbon-market trading, carbon insurance and carbon-neutrality bonds.