The number of new shares hitting the stock market in early July will be reduced to 10, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said Friday, following a 5.8-percent daily fall in the stock market.
China's stock market has been in the doghouse for three weeks, losing around 29 percent since a peak of 5,178.19 points at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on June 12. A steady drumroll of government easing policies including interest rates cuts and a reduction of securities transaction fees has failed to reverse the trend.
The CSRC decided in April to approve two batches of IPO applications instead of one. Forty-five new shares were listed in May and 47 in June, causing concern of a glut.
Guotai Junan Securities Co., which was listed in June, became the biggest IPO in five years. More than three trillion yuan (490 billion U.S. dollars) from investors was frozen during the IPO subscription.
The CSRC also said that it would guide more long-term funds to invest in the stock market. An official draft guideline on Monday gave pension funds the nod to invest in the stock market.
"The qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) quota will rise from 80 billion U.S. dollars to 150 billion U.S. dollars," said Zhang Xiaojun, CSRC spokesperson, at a regular press conference on Friday.
Renminbi QFII pilot areas will be expanded to 13 countries and districts, including Hong Kong, London and Singapore, with investments totaling 970 billion yuan (158.6 billion U.S. dollars), according to Zhang.
