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Tribune News Network
Doha
A delegation representing the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and China Merchant Securities on Wednesday visited Qatar Stock Exchange and met with Qatari bourse officials.
The Chinese delegation discussed the prospects and opportunities to enhance cooperation between the two sides in the areas of capital markets developments.
The SZSE is one of the two state-owned stock exchanges in China and lists more than 2,000 companies. SZSE had 222 IPOs in 2017 in its market and was the number one exchange in the world as per number of IPOs. It serves as a multi-tiered capital market for innovative companies and entrepreneurship.
The delegation held a session of talks with Qatari bourse officials, during which both sides were briefed about strategies and discussed in details a number of topics, particularly the prospects of product and market infrastructure and the development of SME's markets in both Qatar Stock Exchange and SZSE as well as the mutual listing of Qatari and Chinese ETFs in both markets.
Qatari officials gave a presentation on the Qatar Stock Exchange and development strategy to become leading regional market that is capable of attracting investors from around the world.
Qatar Stock Exchange is keen on promoting cooperation with the Chinese and Asian stock exchanges and attracting institutional investors to invest in the promising Qatari capital market, especially in the wake of upgrading the Qatari market to an emerging market status following the technical and regulatory developments of Qatar Stock Exchange.
