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China will take precaution measures to prevent massive foreign capitals in and out, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Fang Xinghai said during the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Monday, noting that if some foreign account funds enter the A-share market and cause significant market volatility, the CSRC will suspend their trading.

The announcement was made while China's financial opening-up has further accelerated, particularly over the past years. As of March 31, foreign holdings accounted for 5 percent of the total Chinese stock market, Fang unveiled.

5 percent is still relatively low, but the growth rate has been somewhat fast in recent years. With the entry of foreign capital, A-shares have performed much more steadily in recent years than before. The reason is that the role of foreign capital in market pricing is gradually increasing, said Fang.

China will further create conditions in several major indexes to further increase the index inclusion factor of A-shares and expand the scope of inclusion, so as to further attract foreign investment, Fang added.

China's securities regulator also has provisions to prevent massive volatility of foreign capitals, Fang mentioned, adding that the CSRC is confident to maintain capital market stability while further opening-up.

Some alleged US strategic experts now regard China's development as a threat to the US, which is completely wrong. China's development is a very good opportunity for global institutional investors, Fang said.

In response to the regulatory issue of the Chinese stock market listing in the US, Fang said that the CSRC will unswervingly promote financial cooperation between both countries.

"There will be some problems during the cooperation, which is normal. For example, Chinese stock listing in the US may face audit supervision, as the Private Columbaria Licensing Board (PCLB) inspects accounting firms, which the CSRC thinks is entirely reasonable. In the future, the Shanghai Stock Exchange may also host listings from US companies, which will also need to comply with Chinese rules," Fang added.

Fang noted that it is necessary to find an appropriate way for the PCLB to inspect Chinese accounting firms smoothly while complying with China's national security requirements. 

"The CSRC believes that the method provided by the Chinese side meets the requirements of both parties but the latest version provided in August last year has not received a response from PCLB. Since the new US administration took office, we hope that it will reattach importance to China-US financial cooperation and resolve these issues in good faith," said Fang.

The 2021 BFA, being held at a coastal resort in South China's Hainan Province from Sunday to Wednesday this week, is also the first international forum with mostly in person conferences this year. The theme of this edition of the four-day annual conference is "A World in Change: Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Cooperation."