Shenzhen Stock Exchange (‘SZSE’) recently organized the first training session for lecturers of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program (‘the Program’) in Shenzhen together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (‘HKEx’) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. (‘CSDC’), nearly 400 lecturers from teaching staff of member units and investment advisers of member sales department attended the training.
In the training session, SZSE, HKEx and CSDC respectively made systematic explanation on the key business points and teaching work requirements for the Program, trading features of Hong Kong stock market, and underlying stocks, depository, clearing and issuer business of Hong Kong Stocks Through, and exchanged with the participants. Most participants reflected that they gained a full understanding of key business points and teaching work requirements of the Program, which is good for their companies to do well relevant investor education and service work and lays a solid foundation for the Program’s smooth launch.
Related officer of SZSE said in the training session that the signing of the Four-party Agreement (an agreement signed among SZSE, HKEx, CSDC and HKSCC) marks that the Program has enter the final preparation stage, and all member units should do well their own investor education work to lay a solid market foundation for the Program’s smooth launch. Firstly, they should pay special attention to the teaching work for the Program and well arrange relevant teaching work. Secondly, they should earnestly implement the eligibility management requirements for investors of Hong Kong Stocks Through and actually protect investor’s legal rights. Thirdly, they should continuously strengthen risk education and fully reveal the investment risk of Hong Kong Stocks Through. Fourthly, they should constantly strengthen the vocational study for the Program and enhance the teaching level. Meanwhile, the officer said that the up and running of the Program has a great importance for the capital market of Mainland China to further expand international market space and realize sustainable development. The Program’s smooth launch and steady running can’t be realized without solid investor education work, so all attending institutions should pay high attention to it, carefully prepare for it and implement relevant requirements.
The training session for lecturers of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program will be held in Beijing and Shanghai later, so as to cover all member units.
