China's National Financial Regulatory Administration issued a notice repealing and declaring ineffective a set of normative regulatory documents, following a broad solicitation of opinions. The clean-up removes 44 documents from the supervisory rulebook and renders a further seven documents invalid. The authority positioned the update as a measure to improve the timeliness of the regulatory framework and better align financial regulatory policy with industry development needs. Further work will focus on maintaining coherence across the regulatory system and continuing the review and clean-up of normative documents in accordance with required procedures.