State Council of the People's Republic of China
Chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China
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| 2024 | China General Nuclear Power Group (CNNC) planned to commence construction of the Hualong Two reactor design, which is expected to be a more economical version of their previous reactor technology, with reduced construction time and costs. |
| 2024 | Provincial agencies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai have been notably active in antitrust enforcement, reflecting SAMR's increasingly stringent regulatory approach. |
| 2024 | SAMR continues to maintain a more stringent antitrust enforcement approach compared to previous regulatory periods, highlighting its increased regulatory rigor in market oversight. |
| 2024 | During the second session of the 14th National People's Congress, the Organic Law of the State Council was amended to mandate the CCP Central Committee's leadership over the State Council. The amended law stipulates that the State Council must follow the CCP's ideology and policies. |
| March 2023 | Establishment of the 14th State Council of China, with Li Qiang appointed as Premier, marking the beginning of a new five-year administrative term that will run until March 2028. |
| March 12 2023 | Wu Zhenglong appointed as the Secretary-General of the State Council, taking leadership of the General Office of the State Council. |
| June 13 2022 | Luo Wen becomes Director, succeeding Zhang Gong |
| 2021 | Former vice foreign minister Luo Zhaohui was appointed as CIDCA's director. |
| December 2021 | CIDCA, MOFCOM, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly issued Measures for the Administration of Foreign Aid, defining CIDCA's role in drafting aid policies, guidelines, annual plans, and budgets. |
| November 2021 | SAMR's antitrust bureau was upgraded to vice ministerial status, with Gan Lin appointed as the new bureau chief. |
| September 2021 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspended shipments of nuclear materials to CGN on national security grounds. |
| March 2021 | Xi Jinping announced China's commitment to strengthen anti-trust enforcement to ensure healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy. |
| February 2021 | The antitrust guidelines issued in November 2020 officially came into effect, implementing stricter review processes for variable interest entity structures and platform acquisitions. |
| February 2021 | The antitrust guidelines issued in November 2020 came into full effect, implementing stricter merger review processes for technology platforms. |
| February 2021 | SAMR's antitrust guidelines came into effect, introducing new rules such as removing variable interest entity structure exemptions from merger reviews and enabling investigations of emerging platform acquisitions. |
| 2020 | He Yu's tenure at CGN ended. |
| November 2020 | Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting American companies or individuals from owning shares in CGN due to links with the People's Liberation Army. |
| November 2020 | SAMR issued antitrust guidelines specifically addressing platform economy company issues. |
| August 2 2020 | Zhang Gong becomes Director, succeeding Xiao Yaqing |
| August 2019 | Added to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, barring U.S. companies from selling products to CGN. |
| May 17 2019 | Xiao Yaqing becomes Director, succeeding Zhang Mao |
| 2018 | The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) was established as a ministerial-level agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, becoming China's primary antitrust regulator responsible for market supervision and management. |
| 2018 | SAMR initiated an investigation into Pinduoduo following extensive domestic media criticism about the company selling counterfeit and shanzhai products. |
| 2018 | Reforms restructured the command of the People's Armed Police (PAP), transferring it from joint State Council and Central Military Commission (CMC) control to sole CMC command. |
| August 2018 | Bi Jingquan resigns as Deputy Director and Party branch secretary, taking the blame for some unspecified issue |
| April 18 2018 | CIDCA held an unveiling ceremony with speeches by Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The agency's founding meeting was also conducted on this date. |
| March 2018 | Xiao Jie succeeds Yang Jing as Secretary-General. |
| March 2018 | Zhang Mao becomes Director and Deputy Party branch secretary of the State Administration for Market Regulation |
| March 17 2018 | The first session of the 13th National People's Congress adopted a plan to create the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). |
| 2016 | Charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with stealing nuclear secrets from the United States. |
| November 2015 | Agreed to acquire 1Malaysia Development Berhad's energy assets worth around $2.3 billion, part of the wider 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. |
| December 2014 | Raised $3 billion through an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong and acquired three wind farms in the UK with a combined capacity of 73 megawatts from EDF Energy. |
| May 2013 | Changed organization name to China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to signify operations beyond Guangdong province. |
| March 2013 | Yang Jing becomes Secretary-General, replacing Ma Kai. |
| 2010 | Qian Zhimin left the company, and General Manager He Yu was promoted to become the new chairman and Party Secretary. |
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