Securities Law revision likely later this year

Moves show that China has expedited work to revise the fundamental rules governing the nation's capital market

China is likely to adopt the revised Securities Law by the end of the year, in a move to lay the legal foundations for capital market reforms prioritizing the registration system, experts said.

The revised law is expected to feature intensified investor protection and a crackdown on breaches by listed companies, and should be formulated to nurture a stronger capital market, they said.