Shanghai Stock Exchange: Paper Solicitation For Special Subject Of “Bond Market Development, Legal Construction” For “On Securities Laws”

As the decision made by the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposes to “develop and standardize the bond market", bolstered by a variety of factors such as the reform dividend, the market innovation and the steady monetary policy, China’s bond market has recorded rapid development, greatly increased the proportion of direct financing and effectively facilitated the development of the real economy.

To promote the healthy development of the bond market and strengthen the legal construction of and the legal research in the bond market, the “On Securities Law”, or collected papers from Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI), is soliciting papers from experts and scholars in the theory and practice circles worldwide on the special subject of “Bond Market Development and Legal Construction”, with the outstanding papers to be published. Contributors should pay attention to the following issues:

I. Scope of Papers

The scope of the contributions wanted include: research in legislation for the bond market, research in regulatory practice of the bond market, study on law for innovation in the bond market, research in typical cases of the bond market, and research in the legal systems of the overseas bond markets.

The subjects for reference are as follows (not limited to these subjects):

1. Bond products, range of securities and rational division in functions of the “Company Law” and the “Securities Law”
2. Uniformity of bond rules and regulatory system research
3. Research in regulation and institutional innovation in public offering of bonds
4. Research in the conditions and the examination system for public offering of bonds
5. Research in the regulation of private offering of bonds and the legal system for qualified investors
6. Shelf offering and reform in the system of corporate bond issuance
7. Restructuring and improvement of the bond legal system in the context of revision to the “Securities Law”
8. Bond trading innovation and regulatory system research
9. Legal research in the bond market development and the bond issuance and trading systems
10. Research in the system of bond registration, custody and settlement
11. Legal research in the bond market development and the registration and settlement system
12. Research in the bond repurchase and guarantee system
13. Research in the system of issuance, trading and regulation of assets backed securities
14. Research in the legal system and structure of information disclosure in compliance with the essence of bond
15. Research in legal issues related to capital account opening and internationalization of the bond market
16. Research in legal issues of self-regulation of the bond market
17. Research in credit risk mitigation tools and the bond risk prevention system
18. Research in the legal system of bond credit-enhancement measures and institutions
19. Research in the legal issues of control and response mechanism of default risks for bonds
20. Research in bond dispute settlement mechanism
21. Research in bondholders’ meeting and investors’ protection system
22. Research in the protection system for bond trustees and investors
23. Research in regulation over bond underwriting behaviors and the obligations and responsibilities of the underwriting agencies
24. Research in regulation over bond rating and the obligations and responsibilities of the rating agencies
25. Research in the obligations and responsibilities of bond issuance, information disclosure and lawyers
26. Research in the obligations and responsibilities of bond issuance, information disclosure and accountants
27. Research in investor suitability and the rights remedy mechanism of the bond market
28. Research in regulation over and responsibilities of fraudulent issuance in the bond market
29. Research in regulation over profit delivery and violations in the bond market
30. Research in regulation over and responsibilities of insider trading, market manipulation and other violations in the bond market
31. Research in cross-market regulation over spots, futures and funds with bond as underlying

II. Deadline

December 31, 2015

III. Requirements for Papers

1. Scientific argumentation, sufficient evidence, rigorous logic, clear-cut structure, and fluent expression are expected from the contributions. The market-oriented contributions with high academic quality and practical value are especially expected. About 10,000 Chinese characters are perfect for each contribution, while extraordinarily outstanding ones, however, will not be subject to the limit.

2. Please send your contributions, which comply with the national regulations on copyright, the generally accepted academic standards, and the requirements specified in the "Layout Style" of the “On Securities Law” (Please refer to the “On Securities Law” sub-column under the “Research & Publication” column on the official website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) [www.sse.com.cn], or the “On Securities Law” book), to zqfy@sse.com.cn (Confirmation by phone after e-mailing is advised).

3. Anonymous review system will be adopted for the journal. No personal information should appear in the papers, and a writer could specify his or her general information (including name, birth date, place of work, academic degree, professional title, research fruits), contact methods (address, postal code, telephone, and e-mail), and whether the relevant paper is a research fruit, separately on another page attached.

4. The editorial office of the journal reserves the right to make literary and technical amendments to the contributions. Articles published in the journal do not represent the stance of the SSE. Authors of the articles shall take all legal responsibilities in that regard. Except those with special statements, all the opinions expressed in the articles are personal and have nothing to do with the authors' positions or employers.

5. Contribution to the “On Securities Law” will be viewed as authorizing the journal to include the papers into the “China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database”, CNKI Series Database, the Journal Database of Peking University Center for Legal Information (chinalawinfo.com), Wanfang Database, and other academic resource databases recognized by the journal as well as the SSE official website. The royalties paid by the journal to the authors include the copyright royalties of the above databases. Please specify any objections in your contributions so that the journal can make arrangements accordingly.

6. Contacts:

SSE Legal Affairs Department
Wu Junqiao, Tel: 021-68805400;
Chang Ming, Tel: 021-68806680
Zhao Hongchun, Tel: 021-68812792