March 31, 2021
A trading platform worth 150 billion yuan ($23 billion) is being set up in Shanghai and integrated with a registration platform in Hubei province; bosses are aiming for a launch and initial transactions by end of June
Balance sheets at large private banks are among the strongest ever post any crisis, say analysts, but they also warn the full effect of the pandemic is yet to be felt
Stock fall across the region; US president expected to announce another multi trillion-dollar stimulus package; inflation concern still dogs investors; Indian shares drop on World Bank GDP forecast
Tencent Music, GSX Techedu and Vipshop are buying back their own shares to counter the effect of huge block sales linked to Archegos Capital; US-listed shares of Chinese firms get a boost
The inclusion of Indian government bonds on the watchlist for one of its major global debt indexes is seen as an acknowledgment of a liberalising sovereign bond market
Zhuhai, Shantou and Zhanjiang to be given leg-up to help close gap in economic status between Pearl River Delta area that adjoins Hong Kong and province's periphery
National Bureau of Statistics points to higher prices and longer delivery times as analysts fear the post-pandemic economic bounceback could be of short duration
