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SECURITIES: Securities Regulator to Prevent Former Staff from Jumping to Private Sector; China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), issued new rules yesterday aimed at regulating the behaviour of current and former staff of the securities regulator. The new regulations will prevent employees who leave the commission from immediately taking up a new post in any entities under the supervision of the CSRC.; China Securities Journal | 2009-11-05

DISNEYLAND: The Disneyland Effect: Neighboring Property Prices Skyrocket; Today's issue of Oriental Morning Post has a special report on the influence of the construction of the Shanghai Disneyland project. According to the report, the price for land plots near the project site have already begin to shoot up.; Oriental Morning Post | 2009-11-05

RESOURCES: Opening Moves in 2010 Iron Ore Price Negotiations; "Looking at it from a short-term basis, the possibility of iron ore prices going up in the coming year is quite small," Luo Bingsheng, vice-chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association predicted at CISA's fourth news briefing this year. He admitted that "the three mining giants are still the big players" and hoped that a win-win solution could be negotiated. Reports from Rio Tinto's investor s...; Beijing Times | 2009-11-04

OVERSEAS INVESTMENT: Overseas Investment of Chinese Companies Exceeds One Trillion US Dollars; The total amount of investment by Chinese enterprises that flowed abroad, exceeded one trillion US Dollar at the end of 2008, Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice director of the National Development and Reform Commission said in a news briefing yesterday.; Beijing News | 2009-11-04

ENTERTAINMENT: Shanghai Disneyland Project Officially Approved; The Shanghai Disneyland project has been nodded by the Chinese government, the press office of the Shanghai Municipal Government announced today. As a response, Hong Kong has decided to expand its Disneyland, adding three new areas.; Beijing Times | 2009-11-04

BANKING: New Lending of Four State Banks Tops 136 Billion in October; A source revealed that the total new loans issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Bank of China amounted to 136 billion yuan in October, which was 25.6 billion yuan higher than September's figure.; China Securities Journal | 2009-11-03

HEALTH: A/H1N1 Death Belatedly Reported in Hunan; China's central Hunan province yesterday reported that a local student had died of A/H1N1 influenza on October 31, pushing up the the number of recent deaths on the mainland from the A/H1N1 strain of influenza to seven.; Xinhua News Agency | 2009-11-03

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Hu Shuli's Successor at Caijing Confirmed: Sina reports that He Li, former editor in chief of China Business Weekly and one of the founding editors of The Economic Observer, has been appointed to replace Hu Shuli as Caijing's editor in chief.; Source:SINA

Economic Indicators for October: China's Economy Continues to Strength...: The release of major economic indicators for October revealed that China's economy is continuing to display signs of strengthening growth.; Source:National Bureau of Statistics

NATIONALISATION: Advance of the State; A look at the recent growth in the role of government and state-owned enterprises in a ran...