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1、中国银行获准香港首发上市BankofChinagetskeyapprovalforHKIPO BankofChina,China'stopforeignexchangelender,hassecuredkeyapprovalfromtheStateCounciltolaunchaHK$60billion(US$7.7billion)HongKonginitialpublicofferinginthefirsthalfof2006,aHongKongnewspaperreportedonMonday. Thelistingp
2、lanawaitedafinalapprovalfromtheChinaSecuritiesRegulatoryCommission,theSouthChinaMorningPostreported,citingsourcesclosetothesituation. ThebankmayfileapreliminarylistingapplicationwiththeHongKongStockExchangeassoonasthisweek,thepaperadded. Theoffering,whichBankofChi
3、napreviouslyplannedtocompletebeforeApril,wasnowmostlikelytobelaunchedinMay,thepaperquotedthesourcesassaying. Theofferingwouldvaluethebankat400billionyuan(US$49.6billion),thepapersaid.上市公司可能被许出售股份Listedfirmsmaybeallowedtosellshares Thecountry'sregulatorswillconside
4、rallowinglistedfirmstosellsharesasafirststeptowardliftingitssuspensiononnewIPOsindomesticmarkets,butnotimetablehasbeenset,domesticmediareportedMonday. Chinaisproceedingwithaseriesofmarketreformsaimedatrevivingitssharesmarkets,whichremainmiredinafour-yearslump. Inm
5、id-2005,ChinasuspendednewIPOsindomesticmarketsinanefforttopropupsaggingstockprices,weigheddownbyinvestorconcernsovertheshare-reformplantosellmorethanUS$250billioninState-heldshares. "WewilllookatallowinglistedcompaniestosellsharesbeforeapprovinganynewIPOs,"theFinan
6、cialNewsquotedShangFulin,thetopsecuritiesregulator,assayingataconference. Reformsinstate-heldsharesneedtobebuiltuponsolidcapitalmarkets,saidShang,addingthatthelastmileofreformswouldbethemostdifficult. Lastmonth,Chinascrappedcapitalgainstaxesforforeignstockinvestor
7、s. Thegovernmentisintensifyingeffortstolureforeigncashintoitsmainstockmarket,viaaQualifiedForeignInstitutionalInvestor(QFII)schemethatletsoverseasfirmsinvestinprimarystockanddebtmarkets. TheindexwasAsia'sworstperformingmajormarketbenchmarkstockindexinboth2005and20
8、04. Whiletryingtoreforminefficientcapitalmarketstogivedomesticfirmsanotherfund-raisingoptionbesidesbanks,Chinaisalsotryingtoenhancecorpor