China plans 18 active ETFs as regulator seeks to shore up stock market

South China Morning Post - Oct 19, 2026

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved 18 actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which could channel tens of billions of yuan into the A-share market, as it seeks to strengthen investor confidence and market resilience. Speaking on Monday in Beijing at the opening ceremony of the Financial Street Forum, one of China’s top national-level economic conferences, CSRC chairman Wu Qing also pledged to crack down on market irregularities as the regulator pushes to manage...

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