Financial market opening-up to intensify starting from Q2

Overseas bodies buy $9.5b of domestic onshore bonds during first 3 months

China's financial market opening-up is on a steady track, with domestic bond and stock markets set to be further incorporated into global indexes from the second quarter, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said on Thursday.

"The gradual, steady agenda of international mainstream indexes including the domestic markets should exert related influence in a smooth manner," Wang Chunying, spokeswoman of the foreign exchange regulator, said at a news conference.