China's National Financial Regulatory Administration and the Shanghai municipal
government issued measures to accelerate construction of the Shanghai
International Reinsurance Center. The measures endorse reinsurance firms raising
capital via equity increases and issuing capital-supplementary instruments to
strengthen both endogenous capital accumulation and external capital
replenishment. Regulators will guide insurers to concentrate reinsurance
capacity on major national projects, strategic emerging industries and
social-welfare exposures to boost risk protection, and support reinsurers using
technical expertise to provide insurance-sector risk-reduction services.