Tech firms may return home via new board

Platform to boost listings of high-tech and innovation-led companies, says CSRC

Overseas-listed Chinese technology companies will soon be able to return to the home market as China will roll out a strategic emerging industries board on the Shanghai Stock Exchange dedicated for listings of high-growth and innovative enterprises, top securities officials said on Friday.

"The new board must be launched next year," Fang Xinghai, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, told a news conference.