Quotable

"We forecast 200 companies will have IPOs in the Chinese A-share market in 2015, raising 130 billion yuan ($21.2 billion)."

Frank Lyn, leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers Chinese mainland and Hong Kong markets

"We continue to believe there is insufficient demand in the overall economy and more easing measures are warranted in the coming months."

Qu Hongbin, HSBC's chief economist in China and co-head of its Asian Economic Research.

(China Daily European Weekly 01/09/2015 page18)