That's probably the biggest reason why NEO will be successful.
China wants to regulate crypto instead of banning it because crypto is huge for the future. NEO/onchain wants to work with Chinese government to build the ecosystem for China, and I think that's why NEO will keep growing.
Neo should have a bright future, will probably have a nice increase in price during 2018. Nice tech and platform. The only problem I have with Neo is that it is kinda centralized...