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All Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges had to halt new user registration by midnight on Sept. 15 and publicly notify users when they formally close, according to a policy document issued by local regulators this week.

The document, issued by the Beijing branch of a central bank-led committee overseeing online financial risks, also required all cryptocurrency exchanges under its purview to submit detailed plans to exit the market by 6 p.m. on Sept. 20., according to the Xinhua-run Economic Information Daily.

It also reported that Shanghai bitcoin exchanges had been told to shut down last week.

Shanghai-based BTC China, one of the largest Chinese bitcoin exchanges http://www.cheapsoccerjerseysfrance.com … ny-Jersey/ , said last Thursday that it would close by the end of the month. It was followed by Huobi and OKCoin, two large Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges, which announced last Friday that they would notify all users to halt trading by Sept. 30.

The move came after China's central bank ordered a complete halt on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) on Sept. 4, a digital coin fundraising scheme, in which technology start-ups issue their own digital coins, or tokens http://www.cheapsoccerjerseysfrance.com … ra-Jersey/ , to investors to access funds.

"ICOs, in essence, are a type of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising suspected of being related to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said.

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Unlike IPOs, in which investors buy stocks in companies, investors in ICOs receive digital coins developed by the firms, which could appreciate in value if the companies fare well and demand for their currencies grows.

"The cryptocurrency exchanges must be regulated, for it has created fertile ground for scammers looking to take money from ignorant investors under the guise of ICOs," said Li Aijun http://www.cheapsoccerjerseysfrance.com … an-Jersey/ , an expert of Internet finance law at the China University of Political Science and Law.

So far this year, 65 ICOs in China raised 2.62 billion yuan (397.5 million U.S. dollars) from 105,000 investors, according to a report by the National Committee of Experts on the Internet Financial Security Technology.

"Cryptocurrency exchanges also provide channels for money laundering, criminal financing and dodging foreign exchange control with no effective supervision," said Xue Hongyan with Suning Financial Research Institute.

China's bans on ICOs and cryptocurrency exchanges are part of a broader campaign to curb the country's financial risks as the country faces a build-up of debt http://www.cheapsoccerjerseysfrance.com … ma-Jersey/ , and booming new financial products challenge regulations.

Starting from the end of last year, China launched a regulatory windstorm with major financial regulatory bodies rolling out policies to identify and punish many types of illegal activity.

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The China Insurance Regulatory Commission recently asked insurance firms to report typical cases and data on new types of fraud.

Other regulatory upgrades included the introduction of a new committee on financial stability and development, announced during a two-day National Financial Work Conference in July.

"Chinese regulators' ban on cryptocurrency exchanges is a timely manner to address risks arising from technology-based finance, but it is not a denial of innovative technology such as blockchain," said Sun Guofeng, head of the financial research institute affiliated to People's Bank of China.

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The 16.6-km Yanfang Line is China's first fully domestically developed automated subway. It links the areas of Yanhua and Fangshan in Beijing's southwest suburbs. The line's trains are designed to run at a maximum 80 km per hour.

The 10.2-km Line S1 is Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev line, and it connects the western suburban districts of Mentougou and Shijingshan.

The 9-km West Suburb Line passes several tourist spots in northwest Beijing, including the Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills and the botanical gardens.

Serving both tourist and public transportation purposes, it marks the return of public tramcars half a century after the last tramway ended its services. The tramcars can travel at a speed of up to 70 km per hour.

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