CSRC plans steps to raise A-share profile

Regulator identifying tools, measures to increase weightage in MSCI index

The China Securities Regulatory Commission is studying new mechanisms and tools to increase the A-share market's inclusion rate in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index from 5 percent to 15 percent, said CSRC Vice-Chairman Fang Xinghai at the 10th Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai on Thursday.

According to Fang, the new mechanisms and tools will include launching the call auction trading system for the A-share market, better regulating the current system that halts and resumes trading, and introducing a mechanism allowing domestic and overseas investors to trade stock index futures.