In early September of 2017, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC) jointly conducted several roadshows on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Australia and Singapore, introducing the features and characteristics of the Shenzhen market, and the trading mechanism and the operation of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect. More than 20 roadshows and presentations were conducted in Melbourne, Sidney and Singapore.
The activities were run in a one-to-one format and customized by roadshow organizers according the backgrounds of different investment institutions. In-depth exchanges were made between organizers and overseas investors on market regulation, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanism, corporate governance and investor relation management, which are of concern to the overseas institutional investors and are heatedly responded to. Most of the investors expressed that the growth of companies listed in the Shenzhen market is impressive with prominent features of entrepreneurship and innovation, which is a reflection of the abundant vitality of the new economy in China.
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a move to further internationalize and legalize the capital market in China. Since the launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, SZSE had conducted a total of 18 presentations and 89 one-to-one roadshows in the financial centers in Asia, Europe, Americas and Oceania, with over 600 overseas institutional investors involved. SZSE shall make greater efforts in overseas promotion, improve and optimize the overseas service system, actively push forward the internationalization of the capital market and give full play to the role of the capital markets in mainland and Hong Kong in serving the real economy.