China to Start New Stock Exchange to Boost Small Business, Analysts Skeptical

China to Start New Stock Exchange to Boost Small Business, Analysts Skeptical
Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 3, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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A third stock market will be set up in Beijing to help small and medium-sized companies raise capital, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced on Sept. 2.

“We will continue to support the innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, deepen the reform of the New Third Board, set up a Beijing Stock Exchange to build a primary platform serving innovation-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises,” Xi said in a video speech during an international fair for trade in services held in Beijing.