2. Don't fool yourself that anyone in China understands a govt proclamation: such notices are notoriously opaque and open to various interpretations. Translation doesn't help clarify things but the chances are the average Chinese are just as confused as we are.
That's the impression I get from Chinese law too, it looks like they don't make hard fast laws with clear lines but give guidelines and stamp on anyone they feel is abusing them. According to the news so far Bitcoin businesses are booming in China and other than tight controls on exchanges no one one seems to be making any attempt to stop them.
EDIT: Bears are starting to show fear. Silly bears, that just encourages the predators
Government (Xinhua) press releases are the longest, most turgid and impenetrable pieces of prose you may ever come across...I swear it is done to bore the reader into submission.