China Stock Exchange for Small Companies Launches in Beijing

China Stock Exchange for Small Companies Launches in Beijing
A worker installs the nameplate of Beijing Stock Exchange on the Financial Street in Beijing, on Nov. 14, 2021. Andy Wong/AP Photo
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A new stock exchange set up for smaller companies opens trading in Beijing on Nov.15, amid a crackdown on the country’s tech giants that has wiped more than $1 trillion off their market value abroad.

The new bourse in the capital city joins two other exchanges in Shanghai and the southern city of Shenzhen, mainland China’s financial hubs. Analysts said the Beijing Stock Exchange was intended to give the political center more economic influence.