%0 Journal Article
%T Anti‑money laundering policy in the People’s Republic of China
%A Matras, Tomasz
%J Wschodnioznawstwo (Eastern Studies)
%V 2023
%R 10.4467/20827695WSC.23.018.18736
%N Volume 17
%P 333-352
%K China, anti‑money laundering, money laundering, financial crime, Financial Action Task Force
%@ 2082-7695
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/polityka-przeciwdzialania-praniu-pieniedzy-w-chinskiej-republice-ludowej
%X 
	Contemporary China is perceived as a country that has effectively remodeled its economic system. It may seem that optimized control mechanisms over the economy effectively eliminate any possibility of abuse, including those of a financial nature. Nevertheless, the introduced facilitations for foreign capital transfers also resulted in an increase in the scale of money laundering, defined as the illegal process of making large amounts of money generated by criminal activity appear to have come from a legitimate source. Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has made intensive efforts to implement financial crime prevention mechanisms and has tried to introduce tools functioning in this area in high developed countries. The article attempts to analyze the anti‑money laundering policy applied in the People’s Republic of China. The genesis, assumptions and goals of the reforms are presented. There is also an assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented solutions.