Regulatory analysts are required to prevent violations of the principle of independence and objectivity when publishing research reports.

Journalists have learned that the China Securities Regulatory Commission recently solicited opinions from industry insiders on the "Guidelines for the Management of Investment Behavior of Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management Personnel and Securities Practitioners of Securities Companies," aiming to prevent practitioners from engaging in illegal and irregular investment behaviors such as insider trading. The new regulations require securities firms to conduct checks in conjunction with the publication of research reports, in order to prevent analysts and other personnel engaged in the publication of research reports from violating the principles of independent and objective practice by unlawfully publishing research reports, or leaking the content of research reports to their spouses or stakeholders in order to seek or provide undue benefits. It also prohibits individuals or their spouses or stakeholders from engaging in reverse securities trading to seek or provide undue benefits while making public assessments, predictions or investment advice on securities or issuers.