Chinese Stock Market Is Undervalued, China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange Says 

Published: Apr 27, 2023 17:47
The Chinese stock market is undervalued and presents good investment prospects in terms of various indicators, such as Price-Earnings Ratio and Price-to-Book Ratio.

The Chinese stock market is undervalued and presents good investment prospects in terms of various indicators, such as Price-Earnings Ratio and Price-to-Book Ratio, said Wang Chunying, deputy administrator and spokesperson of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange. And the potential risks are relatively low, she added.

Regarding the cross-border use of RMB, Liu Xingya, deputy director of the Shanghai Headquarters of the People's Bank of China, said at a press conference today that it will make greater efforts to guide financial institutions to provide suitable cross-border financial services for enterprises and promote the innovation of RMB cross-border investment and financing business, meet the cross-border investment and financing needs of enterprises, promote key sectors such as iron ore, oil and natural gas to be settled in RMB, and promote cross-border RMB settlement in key regions such as the “Belt and Road Initiative” countries and ASEAN, as well as key enterprises such as central state-owned enterprises and municipal state-owned enterprises, so as to better serve the country’s key strategies.


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