After the recent interview with CNBC I posted, Da Hongfei has appeared in another interview to talk about NEO and the recent regulatory wave in China.
Da Hongfei reiterates that NEO is not directly affected by the ICO ban, and that he believes that the Chinese government has little to no problems with the NEO blockchain. He says that he believes the ICO ban is not temporary. During the interview Da Hongfei answers a lot of other questions too, about smart contract gas costs and running a node, Red Pulse, OnChain, and about how Github has occasionally been banned in China and that is why the Github lacks some activity for NEO.
You can watch the interview below:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpUdTIQdjVE&feature=share
It is great to see NEO's increased marketing presence and Da Hongfei doing a great job at getting the word about NEO out.