This Day, That Year

Item from Dec 15, 1996, in China Daily: Beijing citizens wait in line at the Beijing Stock Registration Co to qualify for trading in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets. ... People from all trades and various age groups are joining the frenetic team of stock investors. In October, China had 18 million stock investors. The group is growing by 10,000 people a day. ...

Last week, the China Securities Regulatory Commission published a notice urging investors to learn more about investment risks.

Interest in investing in the stock market has grown in China in recent years, with about 90 million active individual investors as of June, according to the China Securities Depository and Clearing Co. The number was less than 5 million in the year 2000, the online portal chinanews reported.