Chi Lo, an economist at BNP Paribas Asset Management, said China's moves will improve the country's economic structure, capital markets and governance.
The ministry's five-year priorities — released publicly this week — note the "Measures for Security Review of Foreign Investment" that took effect in January.
Vaccines made in China face rising doubts about their efficacy, compounded by a lack of data on their protection against the more transmissible delta variant.
Meanwhile, the People's Bank of China's digital yuan now has more than 10 million users, Fan Yifei, a deputy governor at the central bank, said Thursday.
China shut down a company suspected of providing software services for crypto transactions, and issued a stern warning about providing other sorts of services.
The fall comes after China announced late Friday that new users in the country would not be able to download the app while it conducts a cybersecurity review.
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