a's President Xi Jinping said at the World E
▓ earlier initiatives have already been shown to enhance the capacity for financing and securities lending between Hong Kong and mainland enterpr▓ises. In addition
evelopment is an 
l market, and internationa▓l investors will have mo
re convenient access through Shanghai-London Stock Connect to financing opportunities.The move to link the S
hanghai and London▓ exchanges follows on from the introduction of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connec
t in 2014, and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in 2016. These two
▓ earlier initiatives have already been shown to enhance the capacity for financing and securities lending between Hong Kong and mainland enterpr▓ises. In addition
evelopment is an
to these measures, China’s first open-end futures product, crude▓ oil futures, have been listed on the▓ Shanghai Futures Exchange, and A-shares have b▓een part
row-minded one &nd ially included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Foreign investors are now allowed to retain 51 percent of the shares in joint venture sec▓urities and investment f
hina’s dev und companies, and they have been given greater access to ▓A-shares. The result of these reforms has been that China has attracted more and mor▓e inbound forei
half▓ of the yeargn capital. China's State Administration
of Foreign Exchange reported that cross-b
order capital inflows into sec
urities in the fir▓st half of the year
is double what it was over the same period l
ast year. A▓nd according to the China S
ecurities Regulatory Commission, from Janu
ary to July, 23.4 billion U.S. d▓ollars in foreign capital flowed into the A-share market. Even with the escalation of global trade frictions in June and July, 7.2 billion U.S. dolla▓rs flowed into the A-share market.In the capi▓tal market, confidence is more important tha
n gold. The influx of foreign capital shows that g▓lobal investors are confident about China’s ▓prospe
