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Yi Huiman

The latest news on Chinese banker, Yi Huiman, former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

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19 Dec 1964

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Former Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission

Zhang Shiping, former vice-chairwoman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, is the 65th high-ranking official to be ensnared in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crackdown in 2025. Photo: Handout

China’s Communist Party

China steps up anti-corruption fight as crackdown snares 65 ‘tigers’ in 2025

Communist Party mouthpiece calls for tighter discipline in coming years, echoing Xi Jinping’s New Year’s address.

3 Jan 2026 - 8:42PMvideocam

Banking & finance

China’s market regulator appears in public after resignation report

14 Nov 2025 - 12:18AM

China’s Communist Party

China’s former central bank chief loses leadership role in top advisory body

3 Nov 2025 - 5:59PM

China’s fourth plenum

China’s fourth plenum: leaders bolster self-reliance against ‘raging storms’

5,000-word Central Committee document stresses tech upgrades, security and domestic demand to guard against headwinds of the next five years.

31 Oct 2025 - 7:04PMvideocam

China’s Communist Party

As fourth plenum looms, China braces for a major Central Committee shake-up

Reshuffle expected this month at top Communist Party body as more senior officials are sidelined by corruption investigations.

8 Oct 2025 - 6:35PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks climb to 2-week high as mainland markets calm

‘We are cautiously positive on Hong Kong stocks,’ analyst says, as the Fed is set to resume interest rate cuts.

8 Sep 2025 - 4:27PM

Corruption in China

China’s financial anti-graft drive not a quick fix but good in long run: analyst

Challenge lies in how the campaign can create real deterrence, rather than drive the corruption ‘deeper underground’, observer says.

6 Sep 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

China aims to clean up the financial system and build a “financial superpower”, under a blueprint laid out by President Xi Jinping in January last year. Photo: Reuters

China stock market

China investigates former stocks regulator Yi Huiman for disciplinary breaches

Yi is the second watchdog regulator of China’s US$12 trillion capital market to be investigated for graft in a decade.

6 Sep 2025 - 12:48PM

Banking & finance

China’s new regulator promises predictability amid waning investor confidence

The Central Financial Commission has vowed to keep policies in line with international rules and avoid jarring turns in regulation in an attempt to reverse or mitigate 2023’s precipitous drops in stock value and foreign investment.

21 Feb 2024 - 7:55AMvideocam

Banking & finance

China regulatory chief’s appointment indicates tightening, reforms on cards

The Chinese securities watchdog’s new head, “Broker butcher” Wu Qing, has lost no time in tackling the turmoil that has rocked the country’s stock market, after it hit five-year lows this month, unveiling a slew of proposals aimed at reviving market confidence.

20 Feb 2024 - 11:46PM

A view of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) office building located at Beijing’s Financial Street in downtown Beijing, China, on Wed. Dec. 18, 2019. Photo: Simon Song

China stock market

Investors want Beijing to do more to keep the US$380 billion stock rally going

China will have to do more to convince stock investors about the sustainability of the market rally spurred by recent rescue measures, fund managers Pictet and Saxo say.

14 Feb 2024 - 7:30AM

China’s stock markets have rallied in the past few days on the back of measures to stem the rout. Photo: EPA-EFE

China stock market

China appoints new securities chief to head off stock market slump

Wu Qing, a Shanghai official with experience in the city’s stock exchanges, has been appointed to head up China’s securities regulator as the country lays out measures to bring its markets under control.

7 Feb 2024 - 7:50PM

China stock market

China intervenes in market as regulator steps up scrutiny of stock rout

A bull market is vital for China’s slowing economy because stock valuation has slumped to about 54 per cent of national output, from a record 79 per cent in 2021.

6 Feb 2024 - 5:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Hang Seng surges on China’s US$140 billion liquidity plan, insiders lift Alibaba

Stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China surged again as China delivered on its promise to calm the market with a US$140 billion liquidity injection plan. Buying by corporate insiders lifted Alibaba by the most in six months.

24 Jan 2024 - 5:20PMvideocam

Stocks in Hong Kong post another major bounce after China’s central bank unveiled a liquidity injection plan from February 5, 2024. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

China stock market

China cuts holding costs of mutual-fund investors to bolster stock market

The China Securities Regulatory Commission’s latest action is expected provide a boost to the nation’s US$11.5-trillion stock market, a laggard among the key benchmarks in Asia this year.

8 Jul 2023 - 4:34PM

A view of the China Securities Regulatory Commission office building, located in downtown Beijing, on December 18, 2019. Photo: Simon Song

China stock market

CSRC vice-chairman sees more foreign fund flows into A shares despite concerns

Fang Xinghai said foreign capital will continue to pour into mainland-listed equities as long as handsome investment returns can continue be generated.

9 Jun 2023 - 9:16PM

China stock market

China’s stock regulator touts long-term stock returns to soothe investors

Long-term value investing is the key to delivering stable returns in China’s US$11.5 trillion stock markets, Yi Huiman, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said at the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai.

9 Jun 2023 - 9:22AM

Banking & finance

Shanghai exchange undertakes efforts to help banks improve their valuations

The proposal to improve banks’ valuations and develop index funds was outlined to executives of state-backed lenders by Cai Jianchun, the exchange’s general manager.

19 May 2023 - 4:02PM

The Shanghai Stock Exchange is aiming to boost the valuation of state-backed banks to help support the nation’s economic recovery. Photo: Reuters

Banking & finance

China’s new regulator vows to ‘build an iron wall of financial security’

Vice-Premier He Lifeng oversaw the inauguration ceremony of China’s new regulator, the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), on Thursday in Beijing.

18 May 2023 - 8:30PM

China stock market

Price gap for dual-listed stocks hits 5-month high amid SOE, AI euphoria

The yuan-traded shares of 150 dual-listed companies commanded a 42 per cent premium over their Hong Kong-listed shares this month, versus a 10-year average of 26 per cent.

8 May 2023 - 4:22PM

Banking & finance

China launches new anti-corruption probe into top banks, SOEs

China’s new leadership team is racing to defuse financial risks, including at top banks and state-owned industrial giants, against a backdrop of slowing economic growth and an overseas banking crisis.

29 Mar 2023 - 9:32AMvideocam

The investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is the first since the new leadership team was inaugurated earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong politics

Overhaul of top Hong Kong affairs office good for work on policies: John Lee

Central government’s comprehensive jurisdiction over Hong Kong goes hand in hand with the ‘high degree of autonomy’, Chief Executive John Lee says.

17 Mar 2023 - 11:43PM

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee attends the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Handout

China stock market

China must boost battered valuations of SOEs, Shanghai stock regulator warns

The undervaluation of state-owned enterprises risks eroding their ability to raise funds via the markets, which in turn destabilises the economy, says general manager of Shanghai bourse.

7 Mar 2023 - 5:40PMvideocam

China stock market

China’s telcos turn world beaters in rare stock re-rating amid tech ambitions

China’s three telecom operators, panned as value destroyers in stock markets, are no longer market laggards. Stock returns this year are among the best in the world. Here’s why.

6 Mar 2023 - 7:00AMvideocam

China's economic recovery

China’s next economic tsar? He Lifeng raises profile with central bank visit

Beijing again puts He Lifeng alongside senior cadres during a high-profile stop at the People’s Bank of China, leading to increased speculation about major economic policy changes.

1 Feb 2023 - 8:30PMvideocam

He Lifeng (far left) appears on Monday during a visit to China’s central bank with senior financial cadres. Photo: Xinhua

China property

Chinese property shares surge on rumours of support for ‘healthy’ developers

The Shanghai Stock Exchange Property Index jumped 3.5 per cent on Wednesday as rumours emerged that the authorities are planning a raft of supportive measures for financially stable home builders.

4 Jan 2023 - 6:28PMvideocam

China’s regulators fired ‘three arrows’ – bank credit, bond issuance and equity financing – within 20 days in November to crack the ice that had chilled the real estate industry. Photo: Reuters

China stock market

State-owned firms surge as China’s watchdog pledges market improvements

Shares of Chinese state-owned companies surged on Tuesday after the country’s most senior financial regulator pledged to build ‘a capital market with Chinese characteristics’.

22 Nov 2022 - 6:49PM

China GDP

No 1 priority for China is still GDP growth, senior economic official asserts

Comments from Han Wenxiu come amid worries that focus on high-quality development and ‘common prosperity’ could sideline China’s economic growth priorities.

7 Nov 2022 - 9:19AM

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