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Chinese stocks made their biggest rise in over 10 months on Thursday, led by financial shares and coal miners.
China's Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) said on Thursday its Hong Kong subsidiary will issue up to $1.2 billion in bonds with maturity of up to 10 years at an appropriate time to support investments overseas.
Debt issues will be a more regular option for China Life Insurance Co Ltd, the world's largest life insurer by market capitalization, to restore its claims paying ability amid a declining performance, a top executive of the company said on Wednesday.
Stocks on the Chinese mainland fell for the sixth time in seven days after the nation's biggest insurer reported slumping profit and a cut in Japan's debt rating by Moody's Investors Service added to concerns that global growth is slowing.
Hong Kong stocks lost 408.74 points, or 2.06 percent, to close at 19,466.79 on Wednesday.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, rose 3.78 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 940.2 on Wednesday.
China's stock index futures closed down on Wednesday with the contract for September, the most actively traded, down 0.49 percent from the previous trading day to 2,800.4 points.
China's stocks end lower on Wednesday, tracking losses on the peripheral markets after Moody downgraded Japanese government's credit rating.
BlackRock and Amundi have been given the go-ahead by China's securities regulator to invest in China's capital markets through their subsidiaries.
Chinese companies are now turning to the European market to raise funds as the door to the American market for initial public offerings (IPOs) is almost blocked to them.
Chinese construction machinery maker Sany Heavy Industry has obtained approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd plans to return to the mainland stock market via an initial public offering next year, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday.
