Chinese Premier Li Keqiang voices support for tech listings as China-US audit deal remains in limbo

  • China will support online platform companies and digital economy enterprises to raise capital in domestic and overseas markets, Li says
  • Plans by Chinese tech companies to go public in New York have largely stalled after Beijing launched a probe into Didi Global

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chairs a symposium on stabilising growth, held in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on May 18. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has broken his silence to voice support for the country’s tech firms to go public at home and abroad, echoing the views expressed by Vice-Premier Liu He this week at a high-level meeting chaired by China’s top political advisory body chairman Wang Yang.

China will support platform companies and digital economy enterprises to raise capital in domestic and overseas stock markets “in accordance with relevant regulations and laws”, Li said on Wednesday at a symposium with local government heads from 12 provinces, including Guangdong and Zhejiang.

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