Tang Jiaxuan: HKEX will optimize its listing regime, deepen international connectivity, and expand its commodities business.

Zhito Finance APP has learned that Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (00388.HK) Chairman Carlson Tong said at an event that 109 companies have completed IPOs in Hong Kong so far this year, raising HK$366 billion, surpassing the full-year total of last year, while refinancing by listed companies also reached HK$560 billion. Carlson Tong said that many AI and biotechnology companies have come to Hong Kong for listing, and international companies are also using Hong Kong to expand into the Asian market. He pointed out that the next step for HKEX will be to promote market innovation, optimize the listing regime, deepen international connectivity and expand the commodities business, build a multi-asset market, and at the same time closely align with national strategy and uphold Hong Kong's reputation as an international financial center.