China supports Hong Kong as financial hub  

内地“官民”力挺香港国际金融中心地位

从中央政府发行人民币国债到内地企业大举赴港上市，在内地的支持下，香港国际金融中心的地位得以巩固、提升。

Hong Kong (CNS) -- The Chinese central government gives full support to Hong Kong's role as an international financial hub and has promoted its ascent via multiple policies and measures.

Since 2009, a total of 57-billion-yuan in national debt was issued on the city's market, a significant move to enhance its financial center functions, said vice minister of finance Li Yong, on June 30 in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has returned its attention to another option - to get mainland enterprises listed offshore, said Yao Gang, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Yao said 18 Hong Kong institutes have been granted QFII status (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors), placing Hong Kong in a strong position to serve an important channel for foreign capital entering the mainland stock market.