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Shanghai Gold Exchange

Shanghai Gold Exchange
Shanghai Gold Exchange: A leading entity in the financial services and commodities exchange sector, headquartered in Shanghai, China. It facilitates trading, clearing, delivery, and vaulting services for gold, silver, and platinum, including physical and yuan-denominated contracts. Serving a diverse market of domestic and international institutions and investors, SGE is recognised as the world’s largest exchange for physical gold. Its recent opening of an offshore warehouse in Hong Kong underscores its strategic focus on internationalising China’s gold market and enhancing global influence in precious metals trading.
Zhang Rongming, a former university lecturer, transitioned from materials science to founding the high-end lingerie brand Aimer in 1993. Photo: SCMP composite/Xinhua/Douyin
Trending in China

Profile | Ex-China lecturer sets up luxury lingerie brand, makes US$770 million fortune

Zhang Rongming, who built underwear empire, admits: ‘I never paid attention to what type of lingerie my wife wore’.

Trending in China

Profile | From owning US$580 to US$580 million, China school dropout builds business empire

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Why Hong Kong could be the next global hub for gold trading

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong, Singapore square off in race to become world’s gold trading hub

Access to mainland’s robust market gives Hong Kong the edge over Southeast Asian rival, experts say.

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Experts say Hong Kong has edged ahead of Singapore in its ambition to be the world’s gold trading hub. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong unveils incentives to attract gold refiners and boost global hub plan

Targeted measures, tax incentives and cross-border partnerships aim to bolster city’s role as a global gold trading and refining hub.

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Banking & finance

Middle East tensions set to strengthen Hong Kong as a gold and wealth hub

Expanding gold vault capacity and new tax incentives for family offices are part of Hong Kong’s broader push to attract global wealth.

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Hong Kong politics

‘Two sessions’ to ‘focus on Hong Kong’s financial role, Northern Metropolis’

Meetings of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and National People’s Congress begin on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

Delegates at the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

New US 10% global tariff will have ‘limited impact’ on Hong Kong: treasury chief

Christopher Hui cites city’s service-dominated economy as buffer and says US move highlights Hong Kong’s safe haven status.

Gold in Hong Kong

Hong Kong stocks and gold start the Year of the Horse on a mixed note

The Hang Seng Index fell 1.1 per cent on the first day of trading of the new year, while local gold prices rose 0.6 per cent.

IPO

Will Chinese AI chip designer Enflame’s Shanghai IPO be another blockbuster?

Tencent-backed Enflame’s listing on the Star Market could follow successful recent flotations from peers Moore Threads, MetaX and Biren.

AI chip designer Enflame on Wednesday entered the inquiry stage of its initial public offering on Shanghai’s Star Market. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

China slashes wait times for loss-making tech firms seeking refinancing, fundraising

Three of China’s stock exchanges have relaxed fundraising time thresholds on listed tech companies as Beijing pushes for self-reliance.

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People walk past the Shanghai Stock Exchange Building in Shanghai, China. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Those betting on Hong Kong’s bright future have backed a winner

The ‘one country, two systems’ framework, enshrined in the Basic Law and staunchly supported by the central government, has allowed the city to flourish.

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Banking & finance

Chinese gold, silver investors face gut check amid volatility, fund suspensions

Some retreat to the sidelines as another fund suspends new investments and futures plunge, while others remain determined to buy the dip.

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks drop by most since November, led by mining, telecoms

Telecommunications firms drop after Chinese authorities raise value-added taxes, denting profit expectations.

China Telecom’s booth is seen at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | No better time for Hong Kong to strike its golden deal with Shanghai

Hong Kong’s ambitions to be a global hub for the trading and storage of the safe-haven asset get a lift from the spectacular gold rally.

People queue outside a gold dealer in Hong Kong on January 28. The price of the precious metal surpassed US$5,500, hitting a record amid the global uncertainty and turmoil set off by US President Donald Trump’s policies. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong’s future as a financial centre looks golden

Tangible progress, including a gold trading deal with Shanghai, on display at the Asian Financial Forum shows the city is far from losing its edge.

Gold in Hong Kong

Explainer | Why Hong Kong’s gold ambitions run through Shanghai

As Hong Kong and Shanghai deepen cooperation in the gold market, officials are hailing the agreement as ‘the dawn of a new chapter’.

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Mainland China

China’s rocket start-ups push the envelope as IPOs gather pace

A policy-backed push to build commercial space champions is reshaping China’s IPO pipeline, with regulators signalling faster pathways.

A Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Hong Kong AFF will showcase city’s ‘superconnector’ role

Titled Co-creating New Horizons amid an Evolving Landscape, the annual government flagship event will run from January 26 to 27.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong steps up bid to become global gold trading hub with Shanghai agreement

Two cities set to sign memorandum of understanding at the 19th Asian Financial Forum next week, paving way for cross-border gold trade clearing.

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IPO

Chinese rocket firm LandSpace moves towards US$1 billion IPO

Listing is the first accepted under a fast-track process for pre-revenue rocket companies, as China prioritises space development.

A full-size model of LandSpace’s Zhuque-1 rocket, is displayed at its factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on December 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Gold takes centre stage as Hong Kong builds commodities ecosystem

Hong Kong plans to build an international gold trading centre as part of a wider commodities hub push.

Gold bricks displayed at Hong Kong Gold Exchange Chinese New Year Opening Ceremony in Sheung Wan. Photo: Edmond So
Mainland China

Gold fever in China

Prices for the precious metal have hit record highs spurred by Chinese retail investors and central bank purchases.

Robotics

China robotics ‘twin stars’ join Shanghai Stock Exchange advisory body

Shanghai’s bourse has added the founders of robotics pioneers Unitree and AgiBot to its innovation committee.

China stock market

Foreign fund flows into China lose steam even as stocks hit 10-year high

Chinese equities record net inflows of US$900 million in August, down from US$2.7 billion in July, Morgan Stanley says.

A Chinese stock index is seen on a mobile app. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Semiconductors

China’s Nvidia challenger Cambricon to raise US$560 million for AI chip work

Cambricon’s prospects have been boosted by the Chinese government’s determination to use local AI chips in data centres.

Cambricon’s booth at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligent Conference. Photo: Handout
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