A view of Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai Photo: VCG
China’s capital market is likely to present more opportunities for global investors to share China’s development dividends, in tandem with the high-quality growth of Chinese economy and the unleashing of vitality from reform and opening-up, Li Ming, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), told the Global Investor Conference on Monday, the Securities Times reported.
“Investing in China means investment with greater certainty,” Li said, noting that certainty stems from China’s sound economic fundamentals and stable policy expectations. China’s GDP grew by 5.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating strong resilience.
China possesses a complete manufacturing system, advanced infrastructure, a massive market, with its economy continuously accumulating development momentum backed up by a stable and secure social environment, Li said.
Amid slowing global economic growth, China has been a consistent contributor and a major driver of global GDP expansion, by prioritizing both domestic demand stimulation and further opening-up, which is underpinned by the establishment of a new development paradigm, Li said.
Globally, stability has become a rare “commodity,” and a more stable Chinese economy combined with a more resilient A-share market will offer irreplaceable opportunities for global investors. The inflow of annuity funds, public funds, and other medium- to long-term capital funds has reached over 200 billion yuan ($27.72 billion) to the country so as this year, Li said.
Institutional opening-up will foster a better ecosystem for investing in China, Li said.
“Foreign capital is a crucial participant and contributor to China’s capital market development. The CSRC will remain firmly committed to advancing market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized reforms, and boosting the capital market’s opening-up through implementing more targetted measures,” he said.
The official said that the authorities will enhance institutional transparency and predictability, improve the communication mechanism with international investors, support qualified foreign institutions to apply for opening new businesses and launching new products in the country, among other measures.
