中國政府批准深港通方案

Beijing has signalled that a long-awaited trading link between Shenzhen stocks and Hong Kong’s market is set to open before the end of the year – roughly two years on from the milestone launch of a link with Shanghai.

北京方面表示，在“滬港通”啓動大約兩年後，市場期待已久的“深港通”也將在今年底前啓動。

The so-called “Connect” will for the first time allow international investors to trade stocks listed in the southern city, home to many more tech and start-up enterprises than Shanghai, which is known for hosting a greater proportion of state-owned enterprises and banks – neither of which are particularly popular with international investors just now.

所謂的“深港通”將首次允許國際投資者買賣在深圳這座華南城市上市的股票。深圳股市上市企業中的科技企業和創業型企業遠多於上海股市。在上海股市上市企業中，國企和銀行佔比更高。目前而言，無論是深市還是滬市，都不是特別受國際投資者青睞。

“Preparatory work related to the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock connect is basically completed, and the State Council has approved a ‘Draft Plan for Implementation of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect’,” Premier Li Keqiang said in a statement.

“深港通相關準備工作已基本就緒，國務院已批准《深港通實施方案》，”中國總理李克強在一次會議上表示。

The Shenzhen link has long been expected by the market, with Hong Kong regulators and the exchange saying they are ready. Final testing and preparatory work is expected to take roughly another three months. That would allow the link to open as soon as November.

市場對“深港通”期待已久，香港監管機構和港交所(HKEx)表示，自己已做好準備。最終的測試和準備工作預計還需要大約3個月時間。這意味着，“深港通”最早將於今年11月開通。