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ARTICLE · 13 APRIL 2022

Overseas IPOs: Key Issues In The Draft Archives Rules

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On April 2, 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the "CSRC") published the revised Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering...

ChinaCorporate/Commercial Law
Bing Xue
Bing Xue
Xiaoxue (Dana) Wu
Xiaoxue (Dana) Wu
Jin Wang
Jin Wang
Wanmei Zhao
Wanmei Zhao
Charles Wu
Charles Wu

On April 2, 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) published the revised Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft Archives Rules”). The Draft Archives Rules is now open for public consultations until April 17, 2022.

This newsletter summarises the key content in the Draft Archives Rules that are relevant for overseas securities offerings and listings of domestic companies.

Background to the revision of the confidentiality and archives administration rules

The Draft Archives Rules updates and revises the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration for Overseas Securities Offering and Listing (Announcement No. 29 [2009] of the CSRC, “Current Provisions”) jointly issued by the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, the National Administration of State Secrets Protection, and the

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