Stock buyers pin their hopes on conferences for positive reforms

BEIJING - China's stock investors are looking forward to positive signals from the forthcoming annual conferences of national legislators and political advisers to boost their confidence, pinning their hope on regulators' far-reaching reforms amid the slowing economic expansion.

A wide range of issues - including how to improve the capital market - is expected to be discussed during this year's sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which will start in the first week of March.

Investors in the stock market want to hear effective policy suggestions from the legislators and advisers to protect their interests, after suffering serious losses last year, analysts said.