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FinTechs belonging to this category operate crowdfunding, crowdinvesting and crowdlending platforms on which money is raised to invest in various projects, mainly start-up companies and real estate projects.
Crowdfunding is not a defined financial service, but generally used to describe
donation-based crowdfunding
(the investor donates the money to the project),
reward-based crowdfunding
(the investor receives an often symbolic consideration for his investment),
equity-based crowdfunding
(
crowdinvesting:
the investor participates in the profits of the financed project or acquires shares or debt instruments) or
lending-based crowdfunding
(
crowdlending:
the investor is reimbursed at the end of the project with or without interest).
Introduction
Attitude of the country towards crowdfunding, crowdinvesting and crowdlending platforms
From the perspective of public interest, crowdfunding was very popular in China between 2014 and 2016. However, with the occurrence of related negative events, the authorities started to issue warnings to the public about the risks of illegal fund-raising under the cover of the crowdfunding. Nowadays, people are no longer scramble for crowdfunding.
Legal affairs
Obligations and requirements to provide crowdfunding, crowdinvesting and crowdlending platforms described above
Donation-based crowdfunding:
In China, donation-based crowdfunding is usually charity crowdfunding, including that: (i) the donation-based crowdfunding platform is a charitable organisation itself; or (ii) the donation-based crowdfunding platform is not a charitable organisation itself, but it cooperates with qualified charitable organisation and release fundraising information as an information platform. According to the Charity Law, the charitable organisation is required to only release the information in relation to public solicitation for charity on the unified/designated charitable information platform of the civil affairs department of the State Council and its own website. Therefore, FinTechs operating the donation-based crowdfunding shall apply and try to be selected as the Charity Organisation Internet Fundraising Information Platform.
Reward-based crowdfunding:
Reward-based crowdfunding is seen as a form of pre-order or customization in China. This type of crowdfunding is very similar to online shopping: consumers pay a price to a merchant or producer and then get tangible or intangible product. For such crowdfunding, there is also no clear regulatory approach and no license requirement. The most well-known reward-based crowdfunding platforms in China are under some online shopping platforms – i.e. JD, Taobao and Suning.
Equity-based crowdfunding:
As the complement to multi-level capital markets, the equity-based crowdfunding was popular in 2014 and 2015. However, along with the risks of illegal fund-raising, 15 government departments jointly issued the
Implementation Plan for the Special Rectification of Equity-based crowdfunding Risks in 2016
, prohibiting a series of illegal activities, such as the illegally issuance of securities in the platform without proper approval by CSRC. The said document resulted in the rapid reduction of equity-based crowdfunding companies. In May 2021, the State Council further emphasised that the names/business scopes of the enterprises shall not contain words or contents such as “equity-based crowdfunding” unless otherwise approved by the authorities. It shows the regulatory attitude, that the authorities are still cautious about the risks of equity-based crowdfunding. As of today, CSRC has never officially approved the establishment of an equity-based crowded funding platform.
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