The ruling Communist Party of China (CCP) has presented plans to ban private investment in media, as part of an ongoing program of regulatory changes aimed at strengthening state control over the private sector. As part of the proposed changes to the rules published on its official website on October 8, the State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) said it was seeking public opinion on adding investments from the sector. private in the media to a list of prohibited investments. The list, which is intended to apply to all of China without local variation, requires that “organizations without public sector…