This article discusses and analyses the latest capital markets law reform in China, which involves the launch of the star market (sci-tech innovation board) at the Shanghai Stock Exchange as well as the introduction of the “registration-based” IPO regime to replace the previous...

China now has a gigantic financial industry worth trillions of dollars. Its banks and insurance companies are among the largest in the world. It also holds three of the most active stock exchanges and thousands of public companies. Fintech firms have sprung across the country including top...

In September 2021, China launched the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) in order to divert capital to the country’s booming technology companies, especially those classified as small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). The article introduces the historical background for establishing the BSE, and...